CONCORD, N.H. — A jury found Exxon Mobil liable Tuesday in a long-running lawsuit over groundwater contamination by the gasoline additive MTBE, and ordered the oil giant to pay $236 million to New Hampshire to clean it up. The jurors reached their verdicts in less than 90 minutes, after sitting through nearly three months of testimony in the longest state trial in New Hampshire history. The state seeks $236 million to monitor and remediate groundwater contaminated by MTBE — which travels farther and faster in groundwater than gasoline without the additive. ‘‘We appreciate the jurors’ service during this long trial, but erroneous rulings prevented them from hearing all the evidence and deprived us of a fair trial,’’ said Exxon Mobil lawyer David Lender. ParElastic Corp., a Waltham company that helps it customers manage data in the cloud, announced Tuesday that it has raised $5.7 million in a Series A round. The round was led by General Catalyst Partners, which has its East Coast office in Cambridge. The company's existing investors, including Point Judith Capital, CommonAngels, and LaunchCapital, also participated, ParElastic said in a press release. Payroll tax changes have reduced take-home pay, but that has yet to persuade many investors to change their savings or spending patterns, according to a new poll from John Hancock, the Boston-based financial services company. CompuCom Systems Inc., a Texas-based company that provides information-technology services, said Tuesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Boston-based private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. will acquire CompuCom from Court Square Capital Partners, another private equity firm. The number of single-family homes put under sales agreement in March rose 4.6 percent when compared with figures for March 2012, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors said Tuesday. Circor International Inc., a Burlington-based company that provides valves and other highly engineered products for the energy, industrial, and aerospace markets, announced Tuesday that its board of directors has appointed Scott Buckhout as president and chief executive, effective immediately. IdeaPant, an Ashland company known for a dry-erase paint that turns any smooth surface into an erasable canvas, said Monday that John Stephans has been appointed to position of president, the top job at the company. Stephans was formerly IdeaPaint’s senior vice president of marketing, innovation, and operations. Stephans, 47, succeeds Bob Munroe, 52, who “has left the company to pursue other opportunities,” IdeaPaint said. “With Stephans at the helm, IdeaPaint expects to significantly expand its track record of product innovation and market leadership in the business-to-business sector,” the company said in a press release. “Writable surface walls have emerged as a top workplace design trend because they encourage spontaneous interaction and serendipitous collaboration,” the release added. | | |
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