New Hampshire has a higher percentage of high-paying high-tech jobs than most of the country. According to TechAmerica Foundation–a research arm of the industry–the state ranks ninth in concentration of high-tech employment. That translates to 7.3 percent of the New Hampshire workforce. That’s above the national average at 5 percent. The foundation analyzed numbers from […]
Synchronized Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. closed its doors late last week.Ā In the New Hampshire Business Review, Bob Sanders characterizes the company as “a Salem metal and electronic facility.”Ā It was sold to Pennsylvania-based Da-Tech Corp.Ā Sanders interviewed Da-Tech President and CEO Paul Litwack for the piece, noting, “According to Manta, the company had estimated annual […]
Reporting on the bigĀ business news of the day–Bank of AmericaĀ cutting 3,500 jobs–Todd Wallack of the Boston Globe digs into possible regional fallout: “Bank of America declined to comment on the prospect of further job reductions or say how many of the job cuts will occur in New England. But Massachusetts will likely be affected because […]
Today’s Boston Globe has an interesting take on the state of small business in the country.Ā Reporters Erin Ailworth and Katie Johnston write that small businesses make up more than half of all private sector employment in the country, but: “The percentage of small-business owners feeling optimistic about the economy fell from 67 percent in […]
A piece by Denis Paiste in the New Hampshire Union-Leader illustrates the continued fallout of state budget cuts on the health care sector: “Dartmouth-Hitchcock is seeking early retirements from about 725 employees, or 8.3 percent of its staff, at its main employees campus, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, and at community sites in Concord, Manchester, […]
The New York Times has been taking an interesting view of higher education and the marketplace lately that’s worth expanding on.Ā First, a look at theĀ implications of the impending debt ceiling dealĀ on students.Ā Ron Lieber writes: “The undergraduates were spared in the package worked out by the White House and Congressional leaders. But graduate students […]
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 […]
As the economy continues to limp along toward recovery, āgreen jobsā has become a buzz phrase, often tossed out as a panacea for our economic ails. But compared to the rest of the nation, New Hamphireās share of this sector doesnāt exactly stand out. In a study released earlier this month, researchers found that from […]
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