Topic: New Hampshire

CNBC.com ranked the ten places in the U.S. that showed the most job growth between February 2011 and February 2012. Catherine Varner, economist for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, offered insight into what the numbers mean.

Not all states are created equal. Some have average credit scores that indicate a rebounding economy, and others have credit scores that indicate decline. Read ahead to see which states have the best credit scores in the country.

While some homeowners see their abodes as shelter from the elements, others want to embrace nature and invite it inside. Some homes are designed with prominent features that bring the outdoors in.  The collection ahead includes homes that incorporate trees, cave-like elements, the desert and more.

Washington state may be the next American state to legalize gay marriage. It has the support of several major companies, but Microsoft is the most high-profile business to back it. Prominent figures in the business community support marriage equality, as was the case in New York, the last state to legalize it.

CNBC.com ranks the 10 richest people who have sought the U.S. presidency since 1992. Some of the people who made the list might surprise you, but what’s more surprising is who didn’t make it. Click ahead to see the 10 richest people who ran for president in the last 20 years.

Representative Ron Paul of Texas finished a strong second in the state’s Republican primary on Tuesday, which in many ways was the more telling outcome in a race where Mitt Romney’s dominance was never in doubt, The New York Times reports.

Voters in the tiny New Hampshire village famed for casting the first ballots in the nation's first presidential primary found themselves in a tie Tuesday between Republicans Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman.