NASHUA – Kedar Gupta, co-founder and former CEO of GT Solar International, charges in a countersuit filed last week in Nashua that he was told he faces being “hanged or crushed” in a nasty legal battle developing between his former firm and his current one, ...
NASHUA – City building officials will be keeping a close eye on Bell Auto Repair Service Inc. at 93 E. Hollis St. over the next few weeks after the owner allegedly began renovating the building over the July Fourth weekend without first obtaining the required building permits, Mike ...
Over the past several years, New Hampshire has added a higher percentage of green jobs than every other state in New England, according to a report by the Brookings Institution. Released this week, the report by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank looked at green job growth by state from ...
Roger Clemens may have dodged a bullet without the help of steroids. Prosecutors pulled a Bill Buckner – which may end the entire affair on whether or not he lied to Congress. Frankly, I don’t care. He’s an idiot whose fastball registers higher than his IQ. For ...
Small businesses in the Granite State will receive $13 million from the State Small Business Credit Initiative, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced. SSBCI, a program through the U.S. Treasury Department’s Small Business Jobs Act, will bring $13 million in federal funds to New Hampshire ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Soon after the Treasury Department proposed buying up distressed mortgage assets in September 2008, a Wachovia lobbyist was working to make sure the Charlotte bank’s troubled loans would be included, an email obtained by McClatchy Newspapers shows. In a ...
WASHINGTON – New applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in three months, suggesting fewer layoffs in early July than usual, according to government data. Initial claims for state benefits dropped 22,000 to a seasonally adjusted 405,000 in the week ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. – In the space of a day, Netflix Inc. seems to have transformed itself from one of the best-loved companies to one of the most hated – at least among thousands of its customers. After the Los Gatos, Calif.-based DVD and streaming video company announced ...
PHILADELPHIA – Outfitted in two-tone spectator shoes, a bow tie, pleated pants, and a white dress shirt as perfectly pressed as his mustache was groomed, Stanton Myerson, a jeweler’s loupe dangling from a chain around his neck, seemed conspicuously out of place as ...
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke sought to reassure lawmakers and the nation that the central bank stood ready to spring into action if the economy stumbled further as the deadline looms on the nation’s debt limit, Europe’s financial problems ...
CHICAGO – Everywhere you turn, “green jobs” are touted for their ability to pull the nation out of its economic slump. But what exactly is a green job? Is the U.S. creating any? Do they pay? For the first time since the term was coined, someone has answers. A ...
LONDON – Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s latest effort at damage control, abruptly shelving his bid to take over Britain’s biggest satellite broadcaster, shows no sign of turning back the rising tide of public anger against him and his giant News Corp. The decision ...
FORT WORTH, Texas – Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole said Thursday that the government is poised to conduct a pilot program that will allow some travelers to proceed through expedited screening. American Airlines and Delta Air Lines will be testing the ...
MIAMI – Standing before a luggage scale at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Rita Coskey was not happy with Spirit Airlines. As she struggled to lighten her overweight suitcase – and avoid total baggage fees of $63 – the 25-year-old New Yorker ...
LOS ANGELES – Gold closed at a record high Tuesday, surpassing its previous high set in May, as some investors ran back to the classic haven amid global financial markets’ latest turmoil. The metal also got a boost as the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last ...
LOS ANGELES – Netflix Inc. consumers who like to receive both a DVD and watch movies online through the service are about to pay 60 percent more a month in subscription fees. In a reflection of the more challenging economics, the company faces to acquire digital content and ship ...
Habitat for Humanity Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity has hired Leah Shuldiner, of Pelham, as its director of resource development and named new members to its board of directors. Shuldiner is the organization’s first staff member: It was founded in 1994 and has been an ...
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration moved Monday to ease some requirements on states to help them set up new insurance exchanges in 2014, a key feature of the healthcare law the president signed last year. These state-based exchanges are intended to make buying a health plan ...
WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans this week are side-tracking $1.5 billion in high-speed rail funds already awarded to several states. In an adroit maneuver, GOP lawmakers propose shifting the high-speed rail dollars to pay for Midwestern disaster relief. The move would help ...
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called congressional leaders to the White House for a third day of talks today after a testy Monday afternoon meeting failed to bridge any of the wide differences separating Democrats and Republicans over taxes, spending and entitlement ...