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  • Election campaigns a business like no other - 9/29/2008

    When you examine political campaigns at the statewide and presidential level they have the look and feel of a thriving early-stage business. They are financed by a unique venture capital system of campaign donations of individuals and organizations...

  • Campaign economy: Putting dollar signs on democracy - 9/29/2008

    Pain at the pump. High unemployment rates. Mortgage mayhem. Wall Street meltdown. Economic fears are permeating elections, from local races to the grand decision for president.

  • Some businesses expect spending increase - 9/29/2008

    Over the next six months, many senior executives and managers expect an increase in spending in marketing, promotion, advertising and Internet technology and a decrease in spending in administrative costs and operations.

  • Ventures business news briefs - 9/29/2008

    PORTSMOUTH — Leadership Seacoast is recruiting members for its 2009 program.

  • Feeling the squeeze - 8/28/2008

    When it comes to providing health insurance for its employees, each year is a financial roll of the dice for Portsmouth-based PixelMEDIA.

  • Local hospitals thrive amid healthy competition - 8/28/2008

    There's nothing wrong with good, healthy competition, but we're not talking about Diet Coke versus Diet Pepsi here.

  • Healthy job prospects - 8/28/2008

    A snapshot of job trends in health care is in focus at Great Bay Community College, which receives more than 300 applicants for about 50 slots in its nursing program.

  • New small aircraft taxiway in the works for Pease - 8/28/2008

    PORTSMOUTH — The Pease Development Authority is beginning to pay close attention to the small aircraft business at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease. With the loss of Skybus airline service, the general aviation activity at the...

At the Helm

  • Brothers love building on water - 9/29/2008

    Ken and Doug Anderson, co-owners of Riverside Marine Construction, a family-owned business in Eliot, Maine, have been in an expansion frame of mind. Since they started their own marine construction business in the spring of 2007, they've added...

  • Tapping the inner CEO - 8/28/2008

    Jesse Stevens wasn't ready to retire after he sold his last business more than two years ago. He would be the first to tell you that he had seen just about everything a successful chief operating officer could see in 35 years of business.

Entrepreneur Watch

  • Riding the virtualization wave - 9/29/2008

    Alex Bakman was a computer technology prodigy who caught the entrepreneurial bug and hasn't shaken it. The native of Ukraine is an avid hiker and chess player who calculates his moves carefully.

  • Tangram3DS visualizes the future - 8/28/2008

    It would be easy to call Tangram 3DS a visualization and design solution company but it would be a limited definition for a company that is on the cutting edge of vibrantly digitally reproducing what has yet to be physically produced.

Vital Statistics

  • Issues, campaigns vie for attention - 9/29/2008

    SEACOAST VENTURES: What does this Wall Street meltdown, from the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy to Bank of America's decision to buy Merrill Lynch, mean for elections? Does it have the potential to swing voters? Or is the electorate numb with this...

  • Talking health care with Peter Francese - 8/28/2008

    SEACOAST VENTURES: Health care continues to be an economic engine. By some estimates, one of every nine jobs is in this sector. How or why is this industry such an economic force?

Names and Faces

  • Names and Faces - 9/29/2008

    CrystalVision of Newington, an award-winning Web design and development firm, announces the most recent addition to its team, Tina Levesque, who is handling administration and accounting for the firm. A native of Rochester, she had been living in...

  • Names and Faces - 8/28/2008

    Squamscott Community Commons, a nonprofit organization in Exeter, announces the addition of Thom Kraus, Tim Phoenix and Richard Ingram to its board of directors.

For the Record

  • For the Record - 9/29/2008

    THE CARELLA CO. will facilitate and develop the materials necessary for a cooperative marketing program between Portsmouth-based Hideaways International luxury travel club and U.S. Bank, the issuer of Northwest Airlines WorldPerks Visa credit cards.

  • For the Record - 8/28/2008

    BUYSMART NH, is now offering exclusive real-estate services to buyers of luxury homes and waterfront properties on the Seacoast and in the Lakes Region. Founder and owner STEVE GRAY, of 51 Baycliff Road, Portsmouth, describes BuySmart NH as a truly...

Last Word

  • Truly Off the Wall - 9/29/2008

    I first ran into the inspired folks at Off the Wall a few years ago when as business editor of the Portsmouth Herald I came into work one day and found my desk overflowing with a gift basket of promotional products. The odd assortment of trinkets...

  • Health care with Michael Southworth - 8/28/2008

    Going back more than two decades, I've written a lot about health-care reform. Despite a fair amount of knowledge about the amazing contradictions and complexities in the American health-care system, I can safely say that I don't know much. Like...

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This reviewer gave Warren's Lobster House a "2" star rating. "Very high priced tourist trap, food is way below average. Salad Bar is just OK. We have had several Corp. meals there over the last 5 years, if I was..." more

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