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	ADVERTISEMENT Monday, July 12, 2010 NH unemployment rate drops half point in June CONCORD, N.H. -- New statistics show that New Hampshire's unemployment rate fell a half a percentage point in June to 5.9 percent. Massport wins diversity award The Massachusetts Port Authority said one of its programs has won a diversity award from Airport Minority Advisory Council. Mandarin taps CBRE/Grossman Retail Advisors CBRE/Grossman Retail Advisors said it has been selected as the exclusive retail leasing agent and retail management firm for the retail space located at the Mandarin Oriental Boston in the Back Bay. Kiva plans North Reading move Kiva Systems Inc., a Woburn company that develops robots and technologies designed to automate warehouses, will relocate its headquarters to North Reading, a move likely to be completed in the fall. Wally plans to chill out at Dunkin’ Folks spotted swilling Wally the Green Monster coolattas in the next few days could win free tickets to a Red Sox game, said Dunkin' Donuts, which recently expanded its slush-drink line-up with a coolatta that honors Wally, the Sox mascot. Local gas prices rise a penny a gallon The average price of gas in Massachusetts was $2.719 a gallon in the latest weekly AAA survey, up 1 cent from the previous week's average, AAA Southern New England said today. Lantheus purchases wider rights for imaging agent Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc., a Billerica company focused on diagnostic medical imaging, today announced that it has acquired the balance of the worldwide rights for an imaging agent used to evaluate some heart conditions. Edgewater reports employee theft Edgewater Technology Inc., a Wakefield consulting firm, said that the preliminary findings of a company investigation suggest that an employee at Fullscope Inc., one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, "appears to have embezzled money from the company." Provincetown is dog heaven Provincetown is America's most dog-friendly city, according to Dog Fancy magazine. Staples to complete acquisition of Australian firm Staples Inc. said that a subsidiary now has a relevant interest in more than 92 percent of the shares in Corporate Express Australia Limited. Today in Globe Business A sample of Business stories from today's Globe.