Whittemore News

Little startup offers hope for our future
11/02/2009 - Foster's Daily Democrat

Inside was a little startup company called Itaconix, and what they're doing offers a lesson about the value of education, government dollars used well and the American entrepreneurial spirit...

Itaconic acid has been made from petroleum until now. UNH has discovered how to make it from bio material and Itaconix has taken that breakthrough and turned it into a viable business.

Angel investors more conservative this year
11/02/2009 - Foster's Daily Democrat

Angel investors pulled back in the first half of 2009, although the overall market experienced a slight increase in the number of investments, according to the Angel Market Analysis for the first and second quarters of 2009 released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.

The New Rules of Angel Investing
10/29/2009 - The New York Times

Angels still have wings, but they aren’t flying quite so high. The rules of the game of angel investing have changed in the post-crisis world, Kermit Pattison writes in The New York Times. The average deal size shrank by 31 percent in the first half of this year, according to a recent study by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.

NEW Economics Courses Offered
10/29/2009 - UNH/WSBE Economics Department

Offered Spring 2010 - Economics 798
ECON 798-Economics of Climate Change and ECON 798-European Policy and Climate Change (2 credits)

U.S. Franchise Businesses Gain in Q3 as Recovery Continues Avis, Lodging Firms Gain Market Value While Restaurant Sector Slips
10/28/2009 - UNH Media Relations

“Economic conditions have continued to improve in the United States and overseas, and it has become generally expected that the end of the current recession is near,” said Hachemi Aliouche, associate director of the Rosenberg International Center of Franchising at the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics.

UNH franchise index shows gain
10/28/2009 - The Boston Globe

Avis Budget Group and lodging firms gained market value while the restaurant sector slipped, according to a third-quarter study...from the Rosenberg International Center of Franchising at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics.

Study: Angel investors spend less on more
10/27/2009 - Boston Business Journal

Angel investors across the country spent fewer dollars but backed more companies during the first half of 2009 compared to last year, according to a study released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.

Angel investors cut back, UNH report finds
10/27/2009 - The Boston Globe

The report is titled “The Angel Investor Market in Q1Q2 2009: A Halt in the Market Contraction,” and it concluded that total investments in the first half of 2009 were $9.1 billion, a drop of 27 percent from the first half of 2008.

Angel Investor Market Declines in First Half of 2009
10/27/2009 - UNH Media Relations

Angel investors pulled back in the first half of 2009, although the overall market experienced a slight increase in the number of investments, according to the Angel Market Analysis for the first and second quarters of 2009 released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.

Taking the Pulse of Climate Disruptions
10/27/2009 - National Wildlife Federation, Campus Ecology

From restaurant table to the law courts to hospital rooms, students at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and Georgetown Law are all checking up on the health implications of climate change...