WSBE News

Two very different salary proposals have stalled contract negotiations between the University of New Hampshire and the UNH chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

Jude Blake, a member of the University of New Hampshire Foundation’s Board of Directors, recently was honored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) – Northern New England Chapter – as Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year.

Ross Gittell, an economics professor at the University of New Hampshire, and Dennis Delay, an economist with the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, both said last week that they expect the rate to peak around 8 percent.

Paul Harvey, assistant professor of management at the UNH Whittemore School of Business and Economics, researches workplace issues such as employee behavior and took some time to address those questions and others.

“I think the green economy is part and should be part of an economic recovery, but it can’t be counted on as the single source of growth,” said NEEP vice president Ross Gittell, the James R. Carter Professor at the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics.

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Experts say ‘green’ economy won’t save New England (Common American Journal - 11/15/09)

Social media is revolutionary and fast becoming mainstream, said Chuck Martin, chief executive officer of NFI Research in Madbury and author of multiple books about business trends, who will teach the class at UNH.

Martin's class will be social media interactive and immediate, utilizing how real local businesses are using Facebook and Twitter in real time while students offers class critiques and suggestions.

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“The minimum that we’re paying people should never go down,” says Kai Filion, a policy analyst [and WSBE alumnus] at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. “

If there’s anyone who can find a silver lining to the current economic recession, it’s Brian Bolton, assistant professor of accounting and finance. The transformation of the analytical world of finance into a world of intrigue, deception, and breathtaking ethical lapses has motivated students to learn more about the field than ever before.

The worst of the recession may be over, but a new economic forecast points to a "slow and weak recovery" in the New England states, with job losses likely to continue until the fourth quarter of 2010.

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Forecast: New England economy slow to rebound, by Bob Salsberg (AP) 11/11/09

Despite all the talk of its promise, alternative energy is unlikely to become a driver of the Massachusetts and New England economy, at least for the next several years, according to the nonprofit research group New England Economic Partnership.