Business & Money

Jessica Neiswender, store manager, and Rosie Goldstein, owner of Inspirit Crystals go through the candles at the store on Main street Northampton.

All in the family: New owners take over InSpirit in downtown Northampton

Sunday, June 16, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — When Rosie and Barry Goldstein of Northampton saw a “for sale” sign in the window of Inspirit Common late last year, they worried that the spiritual store on Northampton’s Main Street might go out of business or lose its character in a change of ownership. “This was always Rosie’s favorite store,” said Barry Goldstein, a retired school psychologist. … 0

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Argotec Exectutive Vice Presidents Nick Filler and Bruce Wilby with some surface protecion film they produce in their Greenfield Industrial Park location.

Amherst, South Deerfield men who founded Argotec set to retire after sale

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

GREENFIELD — Argotec Inc., the plastic-film manufacturer that has seen rapid growth over the past six years at the Interstate 91 Industrial Park, has been purchased by a Chicago-based private-equity firm, Wing Point Partners, company officials announced Wednesday. The company was founded in 1988 by Richard Barnes of South Deerfield and Steven Wolkenbreit … 0

$In this Friday, June 7, 2013 photo farmer Kent Peppler stands for his photo in front of two gas wells on his land near Greeley, Colo. Both wells were fracked according to Peppler. Peppler says he is fallowing some of his corn fields this year because he can't afford to irrigate the land, in part because deep-pocketed energy companies have driven up the price of water. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)$

Fracking fuels water fights in dry spots

Monday, June 17, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO — The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation’s driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth’s surface. Hydraulic fracturing, or the drilling technique commonly known as fracking, has been used for decades to blast huge volumes … 0