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August 4, 2011

Five Ways To Look At How NH Does — And Doesn’t — Attract Economic Development

Are New Hampshire’s low tax policies helping it attract economic development? The jumping-off point for this post, and a related post from last week, is data on the movement of businesses and jobs between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The image perpetuated by area media more or less fits the mold of a piece in The Boston Globe […]

July 29, 2011

NH’s Sort-Of-Secret, Cross-Border Business Poaching Operation

The lead of Jen Abelson’s Boston Globe piece reads like a spy novel: “New Hampshire pays Michael Bergeron to be a full-time thief, sending him across the border in an unmarked black sedan to poach Massachusetts companies. To help keep his missions undercover, the business recruiter even scraped the New Hampshire state seal off his […]

July 28, 2011

Live Chlorine-Free Or Die? Super-Filtered Water Flowing Into NH

There’s a new trend among the water-conscious. At least, that’s what the people at Maine-based startup Blue Reserve believe. Avery Yale Kamila of The Portland Press Herald reports the company is offering a customers a bottle-free, super-filtered fresh water system. The idea of going bottleless is to cut-out bisphenol-A, or BPA, a chemical found in […]

Can Bull Moose Survive Where Borders Couldn’t?

In an earlier version of this post, our photo caption described Portland, Maine as Bull Moose’s “original stomping grounds.” The company actually opened its first store in Brunswick, Maine. We regret the error. The fate of prime strip mall real estate in New England might not be sealed just yet. The hallowed halls of Borders Books stores aren’t […]

July 26, 2011

More Bad News For Borders Fans

In his blog for the Concord Monitor, Ben Leubsdorf reports that Borders has pounded the last nail into the coffin of its Fort Eddy store. It looks like rival Books-A-Million won’t be taking over the strip mall space after all. So big-box bookstore devotees will have to go farther afield to take advantage of three-for-the-price-of-two sales […]

Steel Company On Life Support

This piece by Bob Sanders of the New Hampshire Business Review lays bare the financial struggles of Berlin’s Isaacson Structural Steel. Apparently, the company has debts to the tune of $12.6 million, more than double its assets. Lawsuits, leins and accusations are flying. But more importantly to people in the North Country–and New Hampshire as a whole–Sanders writes, “The […]

July 25, 2011

Jet-Setting To Summer Camp

New England’s summer camp-dotted forests have long been an economic staple of the region’s tourism industry. But The New York Times has found that instead of loading up the kids in the mini-van for the trek into the dark reaches of the Northern Forest, some jet-setters (and their kids) are living up to the name. […]

Could Beantown Boom Bring More Renters To NH?

It’s tough being a renter in Boston right now. Granted, Beantown’s always been a pricey place to rent, but moreso now than ever before, according to a new Boston Globe story by Jennifer McKim. After rattling-off the obligatory stats, McKim cuts to the chase and gives us the horror stories. “Erin Sagin, 23, a marketing […]

July 22, 2011

Jackie O’s Contribution To The Latest Trust Trend

In this piece The New York Times’ Paul Sullivan traces a new trend among the ultra-wealthy: The charitable lead trust. Just like her fashion choices, Jackie O’s Last Will and Testament is an iconic example. At least among estate lawyers and other people in the business of distributing the wealth of the ultra-rich deceased. Here’s […]

What’s The Future Of Cisco In New Hampshire?

Following the untimely death of the Flip camera, The Guardian (by way of the Associated Press) reports more cuts at Cisco. And this time it’s not technology. It’s jobs. “Monday’s announcement to cut 6,500 of its 73,000 employees across the globe follows a plan disclosed in May to eliminate thousands of jobs. Two-thirds will come […]

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