Amazon.com plans to launch a new supermarket brand distinct from the Whole Foods Market chain the company acquired two years ago, a sign of the retail giant's hunger for a slice of the grocery market beyond high-end organic food.
KKR & Co. has formally approached drugstore giant Walgreens Boots Alliance about a deal to take the company private, in what could be the biggest-ever leveraged buyout, people familiar with the matter said.
KEENE — The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority has agreed to support a Keene company with an energy loan of up to $210,000 to complete the renovation of its new headquarters.
Some are seeing their home property tax bills jump an extra $1,000 from what they expected to owe.
The proposed budget represents a decrease of about $7.4 million, but if all warrant articles are approved and passed by voters next year, it’s projected to result in a 2.5% tax rate increase.
Weeks, Schibanoff honored by Forest Society
One of the biggest challenges Granite State farmers have is finding a spot at the table when competing with big agriculture, a local farmer told University of New Hampshire researchers during a networking event Thursday.
There is a balance to the universe that theoretical physicists have attempted to codify as a theory of everything. They may be in a bit over their heads, but they are far enough along in their quest to indicate that actions have consequences and, while sometimes difficult to see at first gla…
Large and small businesses have come to value the benefits of taking a team approach across the board. From creative brainstorming to adaptive problem-solving, well-constructed teams bring to bear the kind of collaborative thinking and acting needed in today’s uber-competitive marketplace.
With companies like Uber Technologies Inc., Slack Technologies Inc., and Pinterest Inc. going public this year, the question has been: How many millionaires will Silicon Valley mint? What’s not being asked is how much of that new wealth will go to women.
A coalition that includes Netflix, HBO and cable industry titans is stepping up efforts to crack down on password sharing, discussing new measures to close a loophole that could be costing companies billions of dollars in lost revenue each year.
We all have things we are good at. And we all have things we are not so good at.
The entrance to Tom Daly’s fourth floor office in Nashua is branded only by the suite number. From this quiet space, the vice president of infrastructure for Fastly oversees a global internet cloud platform that helps businesses deliver content, connect with customers and keep their networks…
K elly Black sometimes winds up in the grocery line low on funds and a long way from payday.
Regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the air and water has made headlines in recent months. New Hampshire’s Department of Environmental Services spent much of the past year determining maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for PFAS compounds.
Technology can’t solve every problem in the working world, but more employers are using it to fill open shifts.
A battle over billions of dollars in the bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma has eclipsed what observers see as a key element of a proposed settlement of thousands of opioid lawsuits: a bid to repair the Sackler family legacy.
MAYBE IT’S to earn extra money, maybe it’s to do what you love. Either way, side jobs might be part of your life. Side jobs are work that you do that is in addition to your full-time employment. Some side jobs can earn you substantial income and help you get into a new industry.
IN AN EFFORT to raise awareness about the importance of saving for retirement, let’s talk about how to take advantage of one’s youth.
NASHUA — Tracy Hall, president and CEO of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce, plans to retire at the end of the year, the chamber’s board chairman announced to members Friday.
BEDFORD — Primary Bank recently opened an operations center in Bedford and has chosen Derry for its third branch, the company announced Friday.
MANCHESTER — Just like the Dyn sign before it, the massive red Oracle sign atop a Millyard building visible from Interstate 293 is set to come down.
Unemployment is hovering near a five-decade low, workforce participation is at the highest level in six years and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently called the labor market “strong.” Yet, 44% of Americans age 18 to 64 are low-wage workers, according to a Brookings Institution report.
The We Company, owner of office-space sharing company WeWork, disclosed on Friday it will divest all non-core businesses and reduce headcount across its ventures as part of a 90-day plan.
AUGUSTA, Maine -- A wastewater treatment plant in Maine's Somerset County that discharges into the Kennebec River accepted more than 250,000 gallons of liquid runoff from a New Hampshire landfill that was potentially contaminated with the "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
PORTSMOUTH — Restaurant Week Portsmouth & The Seacoast kicked off Thursday with 46 local establishments participating in a biannual event that draws up to 75,000 people over 10 days.
Two Sears and two Kmarts are closing in the Granite State early next year, their parent company announced Thursday.
My newly acquired 2018 Nissan Rogue was vandalized.
DETROIT — Dodge isn’t just doubling down on its horsepower fetish, it’s quintupling it.
DETROIT — The menacing image of a king cobra poised to strike has been synonymous with Shelby Cobra Mustangs since 1965, but the badge for Ford’s new 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 — at 760 horsepower, the most powerful street-legal Ford ever — could equally easily be a winged pillow.
Following an extensive review, a subdivision plan has been approved that will pave the way for 15 new homes to be constructed in town.
BEDFORD — Conceptual plans for a 300-unit apartment complex to be constructed along South River Road have been downsized by the developer.
CONCORD — Voters in five cities approved allowing sports betting locations within their borders and four communities rejected doing so Tuesday.
Challenges facing the state’s farmers, fishermen and restaurant owners were discussed during a Food Solutions Forum at the University of New Hampshire on Tuesday.
The local planning board granted site plan approval for a kitchen addition and the construction of an exterior roof for an existing outdoor patio.
CONCORD — Merrimack could at long last be free of the Exit 11 tolls on the F.E. Everett Turnpike as soon as New Year’s Day.
HANOVER — New Hampshire needs a new trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico, business leaders told U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster on Wednesday.
“When you work with a family, it’s much more than the bottom line. It’s personal,” said Eastern Propane & Oil CEO Tom Manson.
HUDSON — A proposed two-building shopping center at the corner of Flagstone Drive and Lowell Road will include about six or seven retail tenants including a Starbucks cafe and an as-yet unnamed bank branch.
Former United Auto Workers vice president Joseph Ashton was charged on Wednesday with conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud, the latest person named in a wide-ranging corruption probe into the union.
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