Articles from New Hampshire Business Review (October 24, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Cooking with Tastes of New England".			117
2,700 dealerships would need to close in order to maintain sales per dealer at last year's level.		Brief article	82
25-cent tobacco tax increase takes effect.			378
3 communities seen as safe from recession.		Brief article	175
A new mindset for a new energy era: individuals need to do more to control fossil fuel consumption.	Long, Gary		479
Bedford could get first fast food restaurant.		Brief article	113
Bottomline Technologies.		Brief article	91
Can you bend the cost trend? It's possible to change contribution policies and plan designs without losing your team.	Baker, Charles D.		700
Cannon fodder: audit raises new debate over privatization of state-owned ski area.	Woodburn, Jeff		1332
Card check measure is bad news for N.H.	Boucher, Tom		450
Cautious angels: investors scale back in volatile market.	Kibbe, Cindy	Brief article	284
Coal measures: PSNH emissions system challenged.		Brief article	178
Come together: Pierce Law, UNH mull a merger.		Brief article	206
Creating high-performance employees.	Kimberly, Jim		611
Dangerous words.		Brief article	91
Defensive move: BAE Systems to merge units.		Brief article	235
Education is key before voting: becoming better informed is imperative to making any decision, let alone one as important as determining our future leaders.	McNair, Ally		535
Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce.		Brief article	108
F & J Tote board.		Brief article	174
Financial freeze or values tipping point?	Rubens, Jim		605
Finding the fight 'fit' for life's priorities.	Smith, Malcolm		701
Firms' jobless taxes kept in check.		Brief article	280
Franklin mill space ready for its close-up: owner marketing six-story building to filmmakers.	Kibbe Cindy		401
Gov. John Lynch has set a goal to bring the FIRST Robotics Competition to all New Hampshire high schools by September 2010.		Brief article	83
Growing Admix sees plenty of opportunity overseas: firm takes its dedication to customers to world markets.	Stone, Tracie		926
Half of life is just showing up.		Brief article	149
Happy ending? Hypertherm supplier drops demand.	Sanders, Bob	Brief article	239
Help line. SBA offers phone advice in New Hampshire.	Kibbe, Cindy	Brief article	150
Hospital's plans unaffected by economy.		Brief article	132
Judge backs right-to-know challenge in ATV case: Fitzwilliam man's efforts prompt ruling that records were improperly kept secret.			743
Let's make a deal? CEO: Pennichuck open to settle with city.		Brief article	263
Lowe's opens 2 N.H. stores.		Brief article	82
Lynch seeks deeper state budget cuts.		Brief article	198
Manual admission.	Morin, Mike		523
Mark L. Wetzel, has joined Wright-Pierce, an engineering firm based in Portsmouth, as a senior project manager.		Brief article	111
Mark your calendar.		Calendar	1156
Marketing tools.			336
Merrimack firm redefining blood tests: firm's technology simplifies the way blood tests are run.	Lovett, Karen		669
Million dollar deals.		Statistical table	1075
Moving over: Laconia Savings buys two ocean branches.	Sanders, Bob	Brief article	157
N.H. companies vie for top tech product: winner will be chosen at Nov. 18 event in Manchester.	Brooks, David	Brief article	300
N.H. real estate law 'inconsistent,' 'confusing'.		Brief article	114
N.H. to get $20m to buy foreclosed properties: the money will be used to renovate or demolish targeted homes.		Brief article	312
New backer for airport terminal funding sought.			278
New England College.		Brief article	92
Newport family's stores flourish with a winning retail formula: 'Solidly blue collar' Hubert's grows into a six-store chain.	Spanos, Pete	Company overview	1073
NHBR About town.		Brief article	262
NHBR honors business excellence: the newspaper pays tribute to small business owners and operators while celebrating 30 years of business reporting.	Kibbe, Cindy		604
Nominations sought for 13th ethics award.		Brief article	185
North Country hospitals team up to deliver service: a collaboration aimed at 'ensuring care' for the region's residents.	Kibbe, Cindy		637
November symposium to tackle water issues: daylong event will focus on water use, regulation.		Brief article	279
Peter S. Lynch, the former Fidelity Investments money manager who was once America's most famous investor, faces an Lynch $85,000 fine from New Hampshire after regulators shut down a loan company he partially owns.		Brief article	103
Portsmouth bridge bids way over budget.		Brief article	118
Presstek sues insurer over chemical spill: dispute over coverage lands in federal court.	Sanders, Bob		327
Retail plan stirs Concord neighbors.		Brief article	253
Retirement board chair Lisa Shapiro.	Sanders, Bob	Interview	705
Simple solutions to improve worker well-being: these ergonomic initiatives can be set up at virtually no cost to the organization.	Kind, Mike		756
St. Joseph Hospital.		Brief article	89
Stock check: representing a basket of stocks from N.H.-based companies or those doing a significant amount of business in the state.		Statistical table	662
Strategic partnerships and new directions.	Storey-Manseau, Laurie J.		710
Study finds sees need for livable-wage jobs: single-parent families are hardest hit, the report says.			414
Suit dismissed in Westin Hotel ok.		Brief article	120
Sunapee owners demand to question Lynch.		Brief article	188
Tech firm expanding operations in Nashua.			139
The development of a "smart meter" that measures energy usage has led to General Electric being named the "Innovation Rocks!".			92
The economy and the future of IT.	Berthiaume, Marc		764
The right man for the job.		Brief article	144
The U.S. economy could return to near normal by next year because of aggressive actions by the federal government, including a move by the Treasury to pump capital into banks by buying ownership stakes, according to Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.		Brief article	87
Thoughts as election day approaches.	Cook, Brad		902
Unitil Corp.s'.		Brief article	85
Urodynamic suite opens in Concord.		Brief article	133
We can't afford more bailouts: we have real fiscal troubles on our horizon that require immediate fiscal responsibility.	Zeliff, Bill		619
Winter wine spectacular fills glasses and hearts: the Easter seals event is the jewel in the crown of the liquor commission's wine week.	Kibbe, Cindy		831