Byline: Maureen Milliken

New Hampshire is 38th among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., for five-year survival of businesses that opened in 2024, according to a new analysis.

New Hampshire has been awarded nearly $1 million in funding to help the state’s small and medium-sized manufacturers access an initiative that helps them navigate the supply chain and stay resilient. The grant is notable in that Manufacturing Extension Partnerships funding was on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s chopping block just a couple of months ago. 

Employee information, including Social Security numbers and bank account details, was compromised during a cyber breach of the employee information systems at Hannaford supermarkets and other Ahold-Delhaize USA Services companies, parent company Ahold-Delhaize said Thursday.

Price drops beat increases, 4-to-2, on my June grocery list, but the two that were up washed out any savings, including a hairball-coughing hike in dry cat food. Overall, the prices of this sampling of items I regularly buy are still up since we started tracking.

Medical debt, often an unexpected budget-buster, when on your credit report, can tank your credit score. This can make it difficult to get other credit, or drive up interest and fees on credit you do get, and even make it hard to get an apartment or job. The CFPB last year passed a rule that was supposed to go into effect in March that would keep medical debt off credit reports, but Congress and Trump’s CFPB are pulling that back.