THE NH Foreign Direct Investment Report — produced by Plymouth State University, the NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs, and the World Affairs Council of NH — found that nearly 180 foreign companies had over 360 subsidiaries operating in each New Hampshire county in 2022, with 75 percent operating in Hillsborough and Rockingham counties.

THE U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed that foreign subsidiaries employed 50,700 people in New Hampshire in 2020, 8 percent of the state’s overall private-sector employment, higher than the national average of 6 percent. Over 60 percent of the foreign subsidiaries are small businesses that have under 20 employees, according to the FDI Report.

A recent study from WalletHub ranked the best and worst states for women, where New Hampshire came in overall at No. 14.

The Granite State ranked at No. 18 when looking specifically at women’s economic and social wellbeing, and ranked higher at No. 8 for women’s health and safety. New Hampshire also ranked as the state with the least percentage of women living in poverty.

HOWEVER, the gender pay gap hasn’t budged much in the past two decades, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. Findings show that American women made 82 cents per every dollar men made in 2022 — only two cents higher than back in 2002. Younger women ages 25 to 34 have edged a little closer to closing the gap, making 90 cents to the dollar compared with men in the same age bracket.

WHEN the Pew Research Center asked U.S. adults about their thoughts surrounding artificial intelligence’s involvement in improving health outcomes, 60 percent said they would feel uncomfortable if their own healthcare provider relied on AI to diagnose disease and recommend treatments — 33 percent say AI would lead to worse health outcomes and 27 percent say it wouldn’t make much difference.