Category Archives: Economy/Economics
NH Senate Revenue Estimates 14 Million Below House Numbers
The Senate Ways and Means Committee met on May 17 to determine revenue estimates for the State’s General and Education Trust Funds, and decided that revenues would likely come in at $4,898.2 million for the State fiscal years (SFY) 2018-2019 … Continue reading
OPEC Keeps Focus on Shale Threat as Officials Meet in Vienna
OPEC officials gathering in Vienna on Friday to prepare for next week’s ministerial meeting kept their focus on rising U.S. shale oil production, which has been diluting the price impact of their production cuts. More… | Bloomberg News
Posted in Economy/Economics, Energy, International News
Tagged OPEC, Production Cuts, Shale Oil, US
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Does the Minimum Wage Prevent Poverty?
| Prager U
Posted in Economy/Economics, Jobs/Unemployment
Tagged Minimum Wage, Poverty, Prager U
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State Using PUC and Eversource to Prop up The North Country
New Hampshire Business review has an enlightening–though not surprising–article today about how a PUC-approved contract from 2011 requires Eversource customers to prop up the NH timber industry and the Berlin Biomass Plant. More… | GraniteGrok
Posted in Economy/Economics, Energy, Environment, New Hampshire News
Tagged Berlin, Biomass, Electricity, Eversource, PSNH, PUC
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New Hampshire Should Support the Massachusetts Soda Tax
Every jurisdiction that has imposed their progressive will in this manner has seen a drop in sales and jobs, which migrate just beyond the reach of said tax. I’m no geographer and I don’t play one on the internet, but … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Democrats, Economy/Economics, GraniteGrok, taxes
Tagged Massachusetts, Soda Tax
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Weigh Tax On Soda
BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are joining activists in other states pushing for taxes on sodas that they say will ease the rise in obesity-related diseases and bring in money for programs aimed at improving the health of … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Democrats, Economy/Economics, taxes
Tagged Massachusetts, Soda, Tax
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Anheuser-Busch announces $11 million NH brewery expansion
MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — Anheuser-Busch has announced a multimillion-dollar expansion at one of its breweries in New Hampshire, eying growth in expanding craft or specialty beers. The brewery in Merrimack will receive the $11.3 million expansion, allowing construction of new … Continue reading
Posted in Economy/Economics, Jobs/Unemployment, New Hampshire News
Tagged Anheuser-Busch, Brewery, Expansion, Merrimack
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The Cost of Electricity in NH – TAXES AND OVERHEAD
Sununu says “lots of pieces to the puzzle.” Apparently, he isn’t capable of comprehending when he tells me “not enough transmission lines.” Most of the cost of electricity above 6 cents (at your meter) is the results of meddling by … Continue reading
Posted in Economy/Economics, Energy, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News
Tagged Bill Fortune, Electric Rates, New Hampshire
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Berlin NH welcomes Canadian manufacturing company to Chapman Business Complex
Jacques, the CEO of Deflex Composite, was in Berlin on Friday to celebrate the news that the company, will soon expand to space in the Chapman Business Complex. The remarks, which Jacques made in French that was then translated into … Continue reading
WannaCry Ransomware: What We Know Monday
A ransomware attack that began in Europe on Friday is lingering — and hitting new targets in Japan and China. The WannaCry software has locked thousands of computers in more than 150 countries. Users are confronted with a screen demanding … Continue reading
Posted in Economy/Economics, International News
Tagged NHPR, Ransomware, Wana Decryptor, WanaCry, WannaCrypt, WCry
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The New Media Militia 