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The article reports on the problems of the transportation sector in New Hampshire. The continuation of the expansion of I-93 is being frustrated by old bridges and a lawsuit. Capital improvements of Manchester Airport are on hold as three major struggle with bankruptcy. The establishment of a commuter railroads in southern New Hampshire is being opposed because it is not feasible considering the state's energy problems. INSET: Transportation plan links land use to infrastructure.

Focuses on the economic plan of Bristol resident Steve Favorite to the city in Hampshire. Economic development for the city; Launching of a grass-roots downtown revitalization program; Details of Favorite's master revitalization plan.

The article reports on the survey conducted by the Princeton, New Jersey-based firm Boyd Co. Inc., which sees New Hampshire as a good location for medical manufacturing companies. According to John Boyd Jr. of Boyd Co., the 55 cities in their survey are all on the corporate outlook. Moreover, the survey has estimated an annual operating costs in New Hampshire for the hypothetical plant to be slightly over 25.7 million dollars.

The article reports on the development of what the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits calls an online resource platform which is intended to help charitable organizations work together. According to Ellen Koenig of Nonprofits Center, the platform is the brainchild of CCA Global Partners Inc.'s owner, Howard Brodsky. Katie Merrow of the Charitable Foundation asserts that the creation of the platform is also prompted by the need to pool resources and to improve efficiencies among nonprofits.

The article discusses the reports released by a legislative oversight committee concerning the reduction of medical malpractice lawsuits in New Hampshire. It looks at the effectiveness of the screening panels, composing of a judge, a lawyer and a clinician, established for reviewing of medical malpractice lawsuits prior to trials to reduce insurance rates. It notes a finding that the panels have increased the costs of medical negligence legislation which might forestall some valid claims.

The article reports on changes on health reforms in New Hampshire. Restaurant chains and vending machine operators are required by the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to disclose the calorie content of the food prior to purchase. Some 200 million dollars are set by the government to grant small businesses with fewer than 100 employees to make their own wellness program in the workplace. The cost for over-the-counter products can no longer be reimbursed through tax-free savings accounts.

The article reports on the shortage of primary dental care in New Hampshire. Tom Raffio, chief executive of Northeast Delta Dental, a dental insurance company in Concord, says that in 2013 there will be more dentists retiring than graduating. According to American Dental Association (ADA), New Hampshire and other 20 states are experiencing lack in dental workforce.

The article focuses on Women's Business Center Inc. (WBC) in New Hampshire (NH). It mentions that WBC had closed its office on August 31, 2010 due to funding challenges. WBC encourages its members to continue growing their businesses with other agencies. The article notes that WBC had affiliated with the U.S Small Business Administration, together with the Small Business Development Center, SCORE, and MicroCredit NH.

The article reports on the four rounds of funding received by Elemé Medical's SmoothShapes device in Merrimack, New Hampshire in 2010. SmoothShapes, a technology that combines mechanical massage, lasers and a vacuum, has been presented in clinical trials to smooth the appearance of skin lumped by cellulite. The device uses a particular wavelength of laser to aim and liquify the enlarged fat cells.

The article reports on the condition of the New Hampshire community banks. According to the president of the New Hampshire Bankers Association Gerald Little, each of the community banks are making an increase of its loan book which means they are lending more. It notes that the association is prompted to conduct a study of the situation.

The article reports on the selection of four businesses as finalists for the second annual New Hampshire Start-up Challenge, a business plan competition sponsored by the Public Service of New Hampshire along with the Manchester Young Professionals Network and Stonyfield Farm Yogurt. The finalists include the House Heritage, the Manchester Food Co-operation, and the Smart Energy Frontier. David Allen, chairman of the Challenge stresses the advantage of the competition.

The article discusses the difficulties of new nurses to find job openings in health care facilities in New Hampshire. Anita Pavlidis, a registered nurse and head of the nursing at New Hampshire Technical Institute, explains how the recession affected hospitals and other health care facilities citing the reduced reimbursement rates which prompted it to cut back on hiring nurses. However, Pavlidis recommends new graduate nurses to go on volunteering since it often leads to a paid position.

The article reports on the disappointment of small businesses on the launch of HealthFirst insurance plan in New Hampshire in 2009. According to Chris Henchey, chief operations officer (COO) of MVP Health Care Inc. and New Hampshire vice president, from a price point of view, HealthFirst has not showed a lower cost from other products. Jim Hill, a business and compliance adviser at Clark Mortenson, the key factors in HealthFirst's unsatisfying launch are the cost and complexity of the product.

The article reports on New Hampshire Business Review (NHBR) Business Excellence Awards that was held in Bedford, New Hampshire on October 7, 2009. It states that the awards are given to business owners and operators with 100 or fewer employees, which were selected by panel of judges. It features Jack Middleton and the Dunfey family who were inducted into Hall of Fame of the excellence awards. It notes that part of the evening's proceeds will be given to Court Appointed Special Advocates or CASA.

The article reports on the survey concerning the coverage of the federal Medicare program in New Hampshire. It cites a study which found that over 64% of the state's residents are covered by employer-based private insurance. It talks on the significant role played by government agencies in the success of the state's economy. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are some 1,335 state-employed public health employees under the Health Care and Social Assistance classification.

The article reports on nonprofit organizations in New Hampshire coming up with ways to keep up with the economic crisis. The surfacing of creative solutions could not have come at a better time since employees depend on the thousands of nonprofit organizations in New Hampshire, especially in the health care sectors. Such means include restructuring, and mergers and partnerships with other nonprofits and for-profit companies.

The article reports on the development of a system that will help community development financial institutions (CDFIs) meet the credit needs of low-income individuals and communities in New Hampshire. Also, the system allows community development organizations to access to capital markets like the way private sector companies can. It is under development by the Financial Innovations Roundtable and the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. INSET: The loan fund's perspective.

The article reports that despite the current economic crises some entrepreneurs are opening small business in New Hampshire hoping to thrive. According to David Hamel, executive director of the small-business lending organization MicroCredit-NH, as the state is diverse in resources, higher-than-average growth in business startups is coming up. It informs that the types of businesses that are being born in the state are across all industries.

The article reports on the ongoing renovations and expansions on various health-care facilities in New Hampshire. They include the Fresbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester with an estimated cost of $42 million and expected to complete on December 2008 and the Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro with estimated cost of $52 million and expected to complete on November 2010. Another is the Catholic Medical Center in Manchester with an estimated cost of $5.7 million and expected to complete on April 2009.

The article reports on the reopening of Currier Museum of Art on March 30, 2008 in Manchester, New Hampshire. The said museum underwent a $21.4 million expansion, adding an additional 33,000 square feet of space for galleries, dining, and offices. Meanwhile, Ann Beha Architects Inc. of Boston designed the project which includes cultural institutions as the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Maine, and the Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul at St. Paul's School in Concord.

The article reports that the hospitality industry in New Hampshire is facing difficulties in being unable to fill seasonal positions left vacant by foreign workers unable to obtain temporary work visas due to the repeal of a critical exemption in a key federal visa program. The Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005 exempted the visas of foreign workers who had come to the U.S. to work under a previous H-2B visa within the last three years from being counted against the cap.

The article reports on the development in the agriculture industry of New Hampshire. According to the study of the Institute for New Hampshire Studies at Plymouth State University, the industry has recorded an estimated $934 million in sales and employed some 10,866 people in 2005. It is said that its development was due to the increase popularity of organic and sustainable lifestyle which benefited by farms and horticulture growers as well as from the sales in agricultural tourism.

The article reports that Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Global Relief Technologies has integrated several technologies to develop a type of communication process. The company equips personal digital assistants (PDAs) with global positioning systems and online data gathering software. This unique communication system can be utilized almost anywhere to gather and transmit data back to an operations center.

The article reports that universities and colleges in New Hampshire are alarmed of the avian flu virus found in various places. With this, school administrators are making action plans for the eventuality of a pandemic or possible widespread of medical crisis. They created crisis management committee to look into the pandemic planning. Vice president of student development Linda Jansky of Rivier College in Nashua has made a statement pertaining to the issue.

The article reports on problems encountered by health-care providers in New Hampshire during the closed open enrollment period for the Medicare Part D prescription program. According to the article, seniors and other subscribers are confused over the various benefits, restrictions and options under the Medicare prescription plans. Concord Hospital billing manager Tom Antinerella cites the problem involving the way Medicare reimburses hospital outpatients and inpatients for medication administration.

The article reports on the collaboration between Londonderry, New Hampshire-based yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm and the School of Community Economic Development at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) to present the Stonyfield Farm Entrepreneurship Institute on March 30-31, 2006 at SNHU in Manchester. The "boot camp" experience provides entrepreneurs and CEO the chance to focus on solving problems and swap stories with other business owners facing similar issues.

Reports on developments concerning the businesses in New Hampshire as of September 1, 2005. Benefits of the New Hampshire Energy Efficiency Toolbox, a collection of links to resources and information on the Internet launched by WasteCap, a resource conservation program of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire; Results of the University of New Hampshire's Granite State Poll which showed that local residents are more confident about the state's short-term economic future than the nation's; Official investigation launched by U.S. Department of Transportation into fraudulent information submitted by Boston-Maine Airways.

Reports on the emergence of faith-based long-distance telephone companies in New Hampshire as of February 2005. Growth of the trend elsewhere in the U.S.;Operations of Christian telecommunications firms that offer savings on phone bills for subscribers while making donations to charities and non-profit organizations around the world; Corporate profile on the OneChristianVoice telephone service provider.

Reports on the possible impact of the bankruptcy of New Jersey-based telecommunications reseller NorVergence on companies in New Hampshire. Company's failure to follow through with services; Company's promise of double-digit savings on cell phones, unlimited inbound and outbound U.S. long distance calls and T-1 Internet access through the use of its proprietary MATRIX switch box; Conversion of the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing to Chapter 7 bankruptcy. INSETS: Who holds the leases?;Corporate ties.

Reports on three cities in New Hampshire recognized as among the top agricultural suburbs in the U.S. in 2004 based on the book "Boomtown USA: The 7-1/2 Keys in Big Success in Small Towns." Lebanon; Concord; Keene.

Focuses on the effects of federal privacy standards on the health care industry in New Hampshire. Provisions of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Way of protecting the privacy of the patients; Need of revising health care procedures.

Reports on the reconstruction of the Wentworth by the Sea Marriott Hotel and Spa in New Hampshire. Cost of reconstruction; Goals; History of the hotel; Reconstruction details.

Reports business developments in New Hampshire as of February 2003. Features of the gaylord trash boxes of Mills Industries; Total number of patents issued in the state; Response to the winter marketing program of Lincoln-Woodstock Chamber of Commerce.

Reports on the Payson Center for Cancer Care being constructed at the Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. Description of the facility; Concerns on the establishment of the cancer center; Expected completion date of the facility.

The article discusses the concept behind the electronic medical records (EMRs) which target to reduce medical care costs through increased patient safety and enhanced efficiency. It cites the 296-bed capacity with outpatient clinics and home health operations at Elliot Health System of Manchester in New Hampshire. The Elliot health system employed the MyEChart Mobile application for smartphones for easy access of patients to review medications, lab and diagnostics imaging results.

The article focuses on the investment of universities and colleges of New Hampshire in renewable energy research in 2013. Keene State College (KSC), along with the University of Vermont and Dartmouth College, is studying the impact of biodiesel on the environment and humans. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) have partnered with Conductive Compounds Inc. to study with the use of silver nanoparticle coatings to improve solar panels' conductivity.

The article focuses on credit unions that has weathered the recession better than the financial institutions and are taking the market share from the bigger banks. Credit unions deposited in New Hampshire (NH) grows at faster rate than bank deposits and benefits from their tax-exempt status. Smaller community banks credit unions fulfills the capitalization regulations of the U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act for long term.

The article reports on the joint venture of Granite Healthcare Network to improve the way health care is delivered in New Hampshire. Granite Healthcare Network is composed of Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital, LRGHealthcare, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, and Wentworth-Douglas Hospital. The network also aims to establish an accountable care organization (ACO) whose intention is to lower cost of medical care and to increase quality of care.

The article focuses on the initiation of the nutrition-based wellness program, The Full Yield, by New Hampshire-based Northeast Delta Dental. The Full Yield program claims to improve health and prescription medications and to lessen the risk for diseases including obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. According to David Fairchild of the Tufts Medical Center in Massachusetts, participation in the program improves blood pressure.

The article focuses on the slow start of the Senate Bill 408 passed by the New Hampshire Legislature in 2010 to control the costs of health insurance and to permit small businesses to establish insurance purchasing alliances because there are no groups that were formed.

The article focuses on the five-year pay-for-performance pilot program and its significance to the health insurance reimbursement in New Hampshire. Accordingly, the said program was launched by State Governor John Lynch in July 2010 and cites its relevance to several health-care providers, where they will be compensated through their quality of care they have provided to their clients. Heather Staples of the New Hampshire Citizens Initiative states the program's importance to long-term plan.

The article reports on the accountable care organization (ACO), a pilot program by Governor John Lynch, which focus on the compensation of health-care providers in New Hampshire. Reportedly, health care providers' compensation under the five year pilot program will be based on quality of care instead of the current fee-for-service model. The program will utilize as yet to be determined medical care benchmarks that must be met by providers to get reimbursement.

The article encourages to patronize the locally produced products in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Farm to Restaurant Connection is a joint venture that encourages and facilitates the purchase and use of local farm and food products by restaurants. According to McWilliam Jellie, one of the biggest advantages to purchasing locally produced foods is that the dollars stay within the community.

The article reports on the new planned initiative that would link jobs, particularly in the telehealth sector in Vermont and New Hampshire. It cites the Health and Wealth Care Initiative that would seek to retrain information technology workers to teach elderly patients on how to use telehealth technologies. It notes that the technology link patients to their health-care provider through the Internet by using devices that are capable of transmitting data digitally.

The article focuses on the conflict regarding the proposed new assessments of some timberlands under New Hampshire's current use law. As reported, at issue is a proposed change in the assessment of the timberland that landowners and the forest industry say will result in a higher assessment of the value of certain timberland, and thus a higher tax bill. As reported, a particular bone of contention is the assessment of white pine.

The article reports that staffing agencies in New Hampshire are seeing a rise in the number of requests received from businesses. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the temporary help services sector added 47,000 jobs nationally in December 2009. According to data by the New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau, New Hampshire gained 1,400 jobs in the administrative and support and waste management and remediation services sector.

The article reports on the increase of merchant and interchange fees in processing credit card transactions in New Hampshire. According to New Hampshire-based gourmet confection shop owner Theresa Anderson, her store already experienced an increase in merchant fees from 2007 to 2008. New Hampshire Bankers Association president Gerald Little explains that rates depend on the volume of business of the merchant.

The article reports on the increasing lists of empty big-box stores in New Hampshire including Walmart store in Hooksett. It mentions that the status of the vacant large retail outlets is a normal view that resulted from bankruptcy. It notes that the chains must be reconstructed for small users, however, there are challenges in finding a new purpose for the large stores which include zoning, costs, and demographic situation in the state.

The article focuses on the report titled "Home Care Workers: Keeping Granite Staters in Their Homes," published by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. The report presents the findings of a study on New Hamshire's direct-care giving industry, and mentions that the state is facing a shortage of direct-care givers. The reports provides statistics related to wage and other benefits of home-care workers. Also mentioned are the steps to improve job satisfaction in care-givers.

The article offers information on the health care sector in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Center for Public Policy studies showed that the number of primary care physicians has dropped by more than 30 percent in 2009. It is reported that the number of primary care physicians per 1,000 residents showed a rate of 1.37. According to a report from the American Hospital Association, two jobs were created for every hospital job in New Hampshire.