Chamber Profile: Lebanon Chamber Marks Centennial, Prepares for New Leadership
On Friday, Feb. 11, 1916, the Granite State Free Press reported on the goings-on among the roughly 6,000 residents of Lebanon. The items included news of one Helen Campbell, who went to visit a friend in Etna for a few days; plans for a Valentine Leap Year dancing party at Town Hall; and a report that Rudolph White had returned to his job at Plamondon Brothers grocery after a six-week absence due to illness. The last entry gave an...
Chamber Profile: Lebanon Chamber Marks Centennial, Prepares for New Leadership
On Friday, Feb. 11, 1916, the Granite State Free Press reported on the goings-on among the roughly 6,000 residents of Lebanon. The items included news of one Helen Campbell, who went to visit a friend in Etna for a few days; plans for a Valentine Leap Year dancing party at Town Hall; and a report that Rudolph White had returned to his job at Plamondon Brothers grocery after a six-week absence due to illness. The last entry gave an...
Despite the Cloud, Supercomputer Demand Strong
Seattle — For PGS, an oil-imaging company in Oslo, Norway, finding pockets of oil and natural gas in the ground essentially starts by taking a large ultrasound picture of Earth. “It involves huge amounts of data,” said Guillaume Cambois, PGS’ executive vice president of imaging and engineering. “And, of course, time is of the essence.” PGS, short for Petroleum Geo-Services, this year tried to speed up that work by buying a...
Consumer Confidential: FTC Is Falling Short in Protecting Consumers’ Data Used by Businesses
Federal regulators have served notice: They’re watching how businesses use — and possibly abuse — consumers’ personal information. And that’s great. It’s about time more official attention was paid to ways that companies invade our privacy. But federal authorities can do more, much more, to level the playing field. In a report titled Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? the Federal Trade Commission stopped short of laying down...
An Easier Pace On Black Friday
Hanover — In contrast to the packed parking lots in commercial strips and the long lines of people waiting to score deep discounts at big-box stores, the Black Friday atmosphere was much more subdued in places such as downtown Hanover. Unlike larger counterparts, most stores in Hanover didn’t open until 10 a.m. on Friday, and once they did, there was no mad rush for deals. Instead, slow-moving window shoppers made their way past on...
