The Creative Economy: Make an Investment in the Arts
The arts are a funny business. In many communities they are looked on as a kind of “throwaway” entertainment, an unnecessary luxury or, at best, something to do on the weekend. The reality is that our professional arts organizations — Opera North, Northern Stage, City Center Ballet, the Lebanon Opera House, to name just a few — also are active local businesses and a major part of the Upper Valley’s economic engine, supporting not only...
Fight Looms Over New Adviser Rules
Major financial industry trade groups are offering a restrained response to a new Labor Department proposal designed to curb conflicts of interest in the financial advisory business serving retirees, even as proponents of the measure gird for a major battle. After years of preparation and behind-the-scenes lobbying, the department last week formally unveiled the language of the new rule that would require financial advisers to put...
