New Hampshire Public Radio: Business http://www.npr.org Assorted stories from New Hampshire Public Radio en Copyright 2012 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:33:57 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/stations/logos/_.gif New Hampshire Public Radio: Business http://www.npr.org Concord Nonprofit Banking on Trailer Parks <p>When you hear &lsquo;trailer park&rsquo; lots of people often think tornadoes, or&hellip;trailer trash.</p><p>Other than that, mobile home parks are ignored, really...just invisible. But actually millions of Americans live in these communities nationwide. Where most people see little of value, the Concord-based ROC USA sees hope for the American dream. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:33:57 -0400 http://www.nhpr.org/post/concord-nonprofit-banking-trailer-parks?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/concord-nonprofit-banking-trailer-parks?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p>When you hear &lsquo;trailer park&rsquo; lots of people often think tornadoes, or&hellip;trailer trash.</p><p>Other than that, mobile home parks are ignored, really...just invisible. But actually millions of Americans live in these communities nationwide. Where most people see little of value, the Concord-based ROC USA sees hope for the American dream. 428 no

When you hear ‘trailer park’ lots of people often think tornadoes, or…trailer trash.

Other than that, mobile home parks are ignored, really...just invisible. But actually millions of Americans live in these communities nationwide. Where most people see little of value, the Concord-based ROC USA sees hope for the American dream.

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]]> Boss treating you like a dog? Maybe that's not so bad... <p>Management consultants are often ridiculed for using words like &ldquo;bandwidth,&rdquo; &ldquo;capacity,&rdquo; and &ldquo;low-hanging fruit.&rdquo; When&nbsp;Word of Mouth noticed a consultant tweeting as&nbsp;<a href="http://www.twitter.com/peoplesense">@PeopleSense</a> following our Twitter account, we thought&hellip;hmmmm&hellip;nice alternative to &ldquo;out of the box thinking.</p> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:52:55 -0400 http://www.nhpr.org/post/boss-treating-you-dog-maybe-thats-not-so-bad?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/boss-treating-you-dog-maybe-thats-not-so-bad?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p>Management consultants are often ridiculed for using words like &ldquo;bandwidth,&rdquo; &ldquo;capacity,&rdquo; and &ldquo;low-hanging fruit.&rdquo; When&nbsp;Word of Mouth noticed a consultant tweeting as&nbsp;<a href="http://www.twitter.com/peoplesense">@PeopleSense</a> following our Twitter account, we thought&hellip;hmmmm&hellip;nice alternative to &ldquo;out of the box thinking.</p> 323 no

Management consultants are often ridiculed for using words like “bandwidth,” “capacity,” and “low-hanging fruit.” When Word of Mouth noticed a consultant tweeting as @PeopleSense following our Twitter account, we thought…hmmmm…nice alternative to “out of the box thinking.

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]]> A Campus of Innovation <p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com">Fast Company&rsquo;s </a>annual list of the world&rsquo;s 50 Most Innovative Companies&nbsp;included many of the usual suspects:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.apple.com">Apple</a>, Facebook and&nbsp;Google all made the list. Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:25:10 -0400 http://www.nhpr.org/post/campus-innovation?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/campus-innovation?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com">Fast Company&rsquo;s </a>annual list of the world&rsquo;s 50 Most Innovative Companies&nbsp;included many of the usual suspects:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.apple.com">Apple</a>, Facebook and&nbsp;Google all made the list. 723 no

Fast Company’s annual list of the world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies included many of the usual suspects: Apple, Facebook and Google all made the list.

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]]> Upper Valley Business and Education Partnership <div class="transcript"><p>The Upper Valley Business & Education Partnership makes connections between schools and their wider communities. Tyler Mansfield and Jim Madden met through the Partnership&rsquo;s &ldquo;Everybody Wins!&rdquo; reading mentoring program.</p></div><div class="transcript"><p><strong>JIM:</strong>&nbsp;I&rsquo;ve always loved to read so it was really just sort of a natural fit to share my love of reading with the students. I guess we both discovered we kind of liked mysteries.</p> Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.nhpr.org/post/upper-valley-business-and-education-partnership-0?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/upper-valley-business-and-education-partnership-0?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <div class="transcript"><p>The Upper Valley Business & Education Partnership makes connections between schools and their wider communities. Tyler Mansfield and Jim Madden met through the Partnership&rsquo;s &ldquo;Everybody Wins!&rdquo; reading mentoring program.</p></div><div class="transcript"><p><strong>JIM:</strong>&nbsp;I&rsquo;ve always loved to read so it was really just sort of a natural fit to share my love of reading with the students. I guess we both discovered we kind of liked mysteries.</p> 121 no

The Upper Valley Business & Education Partnership makes connections between schools and their wider communities. Tyler Mansfield and Jim Madden met through the Partnership’s “Everybody Wins!” reading mentoring program.

JIM: I’ve always loved to read so it was really just sort of a natural fit to share my love of reading with the students. I guess we both discovered we kind of liked mysteries.

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]]> Who's selling Iran the gear to spy on its own people? <p>Late last week, an <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/22/us-iran-telecoms-idUSBRE82L0B820120322">investigative report </a>from Reuters&rsquo;&nbsp;Enterprise Team uncovered the details of a big money contract between the&nbsp;Chinese telecommunications equipment company&nbsp;ZTE and the Telecommunication Company of Iran that included technology that can be used to conduct surveillance and crack down on dissidents. The details of the deal revealed surprising end-runs being made by Iran around global sanctions. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:05:41 -0400 http://www.nhpr.org/post/whos-selling-iran-gear-spy-its-own-people?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/whos-selling-iran-gear-spy-its-own-people?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p>Late last week, an <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/22/us-iran-telecoms-idUSBRE82L0B820120322">investigative report </a>from Reuters&rsquo;&nbsp;Enterprise Team uncovered the details of a big money contract between the&nbsp;Chinese telecommunications equipment company&nbsp;ZTE and the Telecommunication Company of Iran that included technology that can be used to conduct surveillance and crack down on dissidents. The details of the deal revealed surprising end-runs being made by Iran around global sanctions. 620 no

Late last week, an investigative report from Reuters’ Enterprise Team uncovered the details of a big money contract between the Chinese telecommunications equipment company ZTE and the Telecommunication Company of Iran that included technology that can be used to conduct surveillance and crack down on dissidents. The details of the deal revealed surprising end-runs being made by Iran around global sanctions.

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]]> Major Business and City Leaders Oppose Move To Get PSNH To Sell Power Plants <p>A house<a href="http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1238.html" target="_blank"> bill</a> that would consider giving the Public Utilities Commission authority to force <a href="http://www.psnh.com/For-My-Home.aspx" target="_blank">PSNH</a> to sell its power plants to open up market competition is getting vocal opposition from business leaders and mayors in the state.</p><p>Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier says the move will raise electric rates&nbsp;and scare businesses away from his community.</p> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:16:26 -0400 http://www.nhpr.org/post/major-business-and-city-leaders-oppose-move-get-psnh-sell-power-plants?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/major-business-and-city-leaders-oppose-move-get-psnh-sell-power-plants?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p>A house<a href="http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1238.html" target="_blank"> bill</a> that would consider giving the Public Utilities Commission authority to force <a href="http://www.psnh.com/For-My-Home.aspx" target="_blank">PSNH</a> to sell its power plants to open up market competition is getting vocal opposition from business leaders and mayors in the state.</p><p>Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier says the move will raise electric rates&nbsp;and scare businesses away from his community.</p> 51 no

A house bill that would consider giving the Public Utilities Commission authority to force PSNH to sell its power plants to open up market competition is getting vocal opposition from business leaders and mayors in the state.

Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier says the move will raise electric rates and scare businesses away from his community.

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]]> Seniors Increasingly Target of Scams <p>According to the<a href="http://www.ftc.gov/sentinel/reports/sentinel-annual-reports/sentinel-cy2011.pdf" target="_blank"> Federal Trade Commission</a>, the number of complaints about consumer fraud against seniors has more than doubled since 2009. So called imposter scams, when someone poses as a relative or friend to extort money from someone they don&#39;t know increased by 22 percent last year.</p> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:37:09 -0400 http://www.nhpr.org/post/seniors-increasingly-target-scams?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/seniors-increasingly-target-scams?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p>According to the<a href="http://www.ftc.gov/sentinel/reports/sentinel-annual-reports/sentinel-cy2011.pdf" target="_blank"> Federal Trade Commission</a>, the number of complaints about consumer fraud against seniors has more than doubled since 2009. So called imposter scams, when someone poses as a relative or friend to extort money from someone they don&#39;t know increased by 22 percent last year.</p> 424 no

According to the Federal Trade Commission, the number of complaints about consumer fraud against seniors has more than doubled since 2009. So called imposter scams, when someone poses as a relative or friend to extort money from someone they don't know increased by 22 percent last year.

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]]> For Better or for Work: A Farm-Grown Idea <p>145,000 businesses start-up each year in the&nbsp;US.&nbsp;&nbsp;Many launch in garages, home offices, or in the case of <a href="http://www.stonyfield.com/">Stonyfield Farm,</a> a drafty old farmhouse on a New Hampshire hilltop with seven cows, and a dream. Like most entrepreneurial ventures, the company also had vision, tenacity, some capital, market research, and an understanding of expenses, competition and supply chains. How a new business will affect the personal lives of its leader, or the lives of their families and spouses, however, rarely figures into a business plan. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:39:34 -0400 http://www.nhpr.org/post/better-or-work-farm-grown-idea?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/better-or-work-farm-grown-idea?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p>145,000 businesses start-up each year in the&nbsp;US.&nbsp;&nbsp;Many launch in garages, home offices, or in the case of <a href="http://www.stonyfield.com/">Stonyfield Farm,</a> a drafty old farmhouse on a New Hampshire hilltop with seven cows, and a dream. Like most entrepreneurial ventures, the company also had vision, tenacity, some capital, market research, and an understanding of expenses, competition and supply chains. How a new business will affect the personal lives of its leader, or the lives of their families and spouses, however, rarely figures into a business plan. 1093 no

145,000 businesses start-up each year in the US.  Many launch in garages, home offices, or in the case of Stonyfield Farm, a drafty old farmhouse on a New Hampshire hilltop with seven cows, and a dream. Like most entrepreneurial ventures, the company also had vision, tenacity, some capital, market research, and an understanding of expenses, competition and supply chains. How a new business will affect the personal lives of its leader, or the lives of their families and spouses, however, rarely figures into a business plan.

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]]> Certificate Of Need--Is It Still Needed? <p>New Hampshire lawmakers are <a href="http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1617.html" target="_blank">proposing a law</a> that would do away with the<a href="http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/hspr/documents/conbrochure.pdf" target="_blank"> Certificate of Need process</a>. This is a state requirement for hospitals and other healthcare facilities that want to expand or establish new medical facilities. The aim of CON is to keep redundant healthcare out of the system.</p> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:15:38 -0500 http://www.nhpr.org/post/certificate-need-it-still-needed?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/certificate-need-it-still-needed?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p>New Hampshire lawmakers are <a href="http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1617.html" target="_blank">proposing a law</a> that would do away with the<a href="http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/hspr/documents/conbrochure.pdf" target="_blank"> Certificate of Need process</a>. This is a state requirement for hospitals and other healthcare facilities that want to expand or establish new medical facilities. The aim of CON is to keep redundant healthcare out of the system.</p> 0 no

New Hampshire lawmakers are proposing a law that would do away with the Certificate of Need process. This is a state requirement for hospitals and other healthcare facilities that want to expand or establish new medical facilities. The aim of CON is to keep redundant healthcare out of the system.

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]]> For Profit Cancer Center Comes To NH to Make Its Case to Lawmakers <p><a href="http://www.cancercenter.com/" target="_blank">Cancer Treatment Centers of America</a> is eyeing a spot in New Hampshire. The for profit chain wants to build a hospital in the Northeast. CTCA successfully lobbied Georgia to change its regulations so a specialty hospital could be built in that state. The company is hoping lawmakers in New Hampshire will make similar changes. A proposed law would exempt specialty cancer hospitals from certain regulations and also from Medicaid taxes. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:12:42 -0500 http://www.nhpr.org/post/profit-cancer-center-comes-nh-make-its-case-lawmakers?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/profit-cancer-center-comes-nh-make-its-case-lawmakers?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p><a href="http://www.cancercenter.com/" target="_blank">Cancer Treatment Centers of America</a> is eyeing a spot in New Hampshire. The for profit chain wants to build a hospital in the Northeast. CTCA successfully lobbied Georgia to change its regulations so a specialty hospital could be built in that state. The company is hoping lawmakers in New Hampshire will make similar changes. A proposed law would exempt specialty cancer hospitals from certain regulations and also from Medicaid taxes. 0 no

Cancer Treatment Centers of America is eyeing a spot in New Hampshire. The for profit chain wants to build a hospital in the Northeast. CTCA successfully lobbied Georgia to change its regulations so a specialty hospital could be built in that state. The company is hoping lawmakers in New Hampshire will make similar changes. A proposed law would exempt specialty cancer hospitals from certain regulations and also from Medicaid taxes.

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]]> Weight Watchers' new magic formula <p>In the world of weight loss programs, <a href="http://www.weightwatchers.com/index.aspx">Weight&nbsp;Watchers </a>rules, with more than a million members worldwide. New&nbsp;CEO David Kirchoff is credited with increasing meeting attendance in North America by fourteen percent, and upping online membership by 64%. Those numbers mean money, of course. Weigh Watchers is valued at an estimated at&nbsp;five billion dollars&hellip;double&nbsp;that of a year ago. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:08:52 -0500 http://www.nhpr.org/post/weight-watchers-new-magic-formula?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/weight-watchers-new-magic-formula?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p>In the world of weight loss programs, <a href="http://www.weightwatchers.com/index.aspx">Weight&nbsp;Watchers </a>rules, with more than a million members worldwide. New&nbsp;CEO David Kirchoff is credited with increasing meeting attendance in North America by fourteen percent, and upping online membership by 64%. Those numbers mean money, of course. Weigh Watchers is valued at an estimated at&nbsp;five billion dollars&hellip;double&nbsp;that of a year ago. 660 no

In the world of weight loss programs, Weight Watchers rules, with more than a million members worldwide. New CEO David Kirchoff is credited with increasing meeting attendance in North America by fourteen percent, and upping online membership by 64%. Those numbers mean money, of course. Weigh Watchers is valued at an estimated at five billion dollars…double that of a year ago.

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]]> How Lego stacked itself out of the ashes <p>Contrary to the buy now messaging of the season, kids aren&rsquo;t looking only for instant gratification. Take Lego.&nbsp; In 2005, Lego Corporation came back from the brink by capitalizing on research showing&nbsp; that kids are inspired by the difficulty and process of mastering a complicated model. So, rather than dumbing down to compete with the plug-in immediacy of video games,&nbsp;Lego ramped up the sophistication of its models. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:31:16 -0500 http://www.nhpr.org/post/how-lego-stacked-itself-out-ashes?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/how-lego-stacked-itself-out-ashes?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p>Contrary to the buy now messaging of the season, kids aren&rsquo;t looking only for instant gratification. Take Lego.&nbsp; In 2005, Lego Corporation came back from the brink by capitalizing on research showing&nbsp; that kids are inspired by the difficulty and process of mastering a complicated model. So, rather than dumbing down to compete with the plug-in immediacy of video games,&nbsp;Lego ramped up the sophistication of its models. 0 no

Contrary to the buy now messaging of the season, kids aren’t looking only for instant gratification. Take Lego.  In 2005, Lego Corporation came back from the brink by capitalizing on research showing  that kids are inspired by the difficulty and process of mastering a complicated model. So, rather than dumbing down to compete with the plug-in immediacy of video games, Lego ramped up the sophistication of its models.

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]]> New Hampshire Business Owners Feeling A Lot of Caution, a Little Optimism for 2012 <p>Each year the <a href="http://bianhassoc.weblinkconnect.com/cwt/External/WCPages/WCNews/NewsArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=94" target="_blank">Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire surveys business owners</a> to guage the state&rsquo;s economic climate and what&rsquo;s on the minds of business owners.</p> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:44:37 -0500 http://www.nhpr.org/post/new-hampshire-business-owners-feeling-lot-caution-little-optimism-2012?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://www.nhpr.org/post/new-hampshire-business-owners-feeling-lot-caution-little-optimism-2012?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p>Each year the <a href="http://bianhassoc.weblinkconnect.com/cwt/External/WCPages/WCNews/NewsArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=94" target="_blank">Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire surveys business owners</a> to guage the state&rsquo;s economic climate and what&rsquo;s on the minds of business owners.</p> 0 no

Each year the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire surveys business owners to guage the state’s economic climate and what’s on the minds of business owners.

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]]> Upper Valley Business and Education Partnership <div class="transcript"><p>The Upper Valley Business & Education Partnership makes connections between schools and their wider communities. Tyler Mansfield and Jim Madden met through the Partnership&rsquo;s &ldquo;Everybody Wins!&rdquo; reading mentoring program.</p></div><div class="transcript"><p><strong>JIM:</strong>&nbsp;I&rsquo;ve always loved to read so it was really just sort of a natural fit to share my love of reading with the students. I guess we both discovered we kind of liked mysteries.</p> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:58:05 -0500 http://news.nhpr.org/post/upper-valley-business-and-education-partnership?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://news.nhpr.org/post/upper-valley-business-and-education-partnership?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <div class="transcript"><p>The Upper Valley Business & Education Partnership makes connections between schools and their wider communities. Tyler Mansfield and Jim Madden met through the Partnership&rsquo;s &ldquo;Everybody Wins!&rdquo; reading mentoring program.</p></div><div class="transcript"><p><strong>JIM:</strong>&nbsp;I&rsquo;ve always loved to read so it was really just sort of a natural fit to share my love of reading with the students. I guess we both discovered we kind of liked mysteries.</p> 0 no

The Upper Valley Business & Education Partnership makes connections between schools and their wider communities. Tyler Mansfield and Jim Madden met through the Partnership’s “Everybody Wins!” reading mentoring program.

JIM: I’ve always loved to read so it was really just sort of a natural fit to share my love of reading with the students. I guess we both discovered we kind of liked mysteries.

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]]> Want to Come to the US? Invest in a Business <p><a href="http://news.nhpr.org/post/guest-workers-help-fill-skills-gap-nh" target="_blank">H-1B visas help employers find skilled workers</a> they can&rsquo;t find in the US workforce.</p><p>Something else that&rsquo;s hard to come by these days for some businesses is credit.</p><p>Turns out there&rsquo;s a visa program for that too. Foreigners can apply for an EB-5 visa, as long as they agree to invest a half million dollars or more in capital investment project for an American company.</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:16:22 -0500 http://news.nhpr.org/post/want-come-us-invest-business?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 http://news.nhpr.org/post/want-come-us-invest-business?ft=1&f=142362661,142458506,143166580,144017984,145342249,146659039,146888156,148916463,149174218,149419074,149461216,149734930,149846164,149920339,151471647 <p><a href="http://news.nhpr.org/post/guest-workers-help-fill-skills-gap-nh" target="_blank">H-1B visas help employers find skilled workers</a> they can&rsquo;t find in the US workforce.</p><p>Something else that&rsquo;s hard to come by these days for some businesses is credit.</p><p>Turns out there&rsquo;s a visa program for that too. Foreigners can apply for an EB-5 visa, as long as they agree to invest a half million dollars or more in capital investment project for an American company.</p> 0 no

H-1B visas help employers find skilled workers they can’t find in the US workforce.

Something else that’s hard to come by these days for some businesses is credit.

Turns out there’s a visa program for that too. Foreigners can apply for an EB-5 visa, as long as they agree to invest a half million dollars or more in capital investment project for an American company.

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