Morning Links: 25 August 2006

Healthways merger delayed, Forbes ranks Tractor Supply no. 3, apparently we're mighty hot-headed, local artist gets her star, the latest installment of 'News of Nashville Technology,' and more...

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Data and reporting error made by a third party causes LifeMasters and Healthways merger to be delayed

Tractor Supply Company ranked no. 3 in Forbes's list of the top 100 mid-cap stocks

First they tell us that our town is filled with the some of the least volatile drivers on the road, and then they turn around and call us the 5th angriest city in the country

Christian/pop artist and Harpeth Hall girl Amy Grant to get star on the Hollywood walk of fame... and we hear she and Vince have been admitted as members of Belle Meade Country Club, too

Cummings Inc. chief and former Shoney's honcho Steve Lynn is part of an Atlanta-based group making less-and-less friendly takeover moves on Back Yard Burgers, based in Memphis

Just released: Issue #75 of News of Nashville Technology, from Nashville Post Industry News Services

Bankruptcy alert: A Chapter 7 filing this week by William L. Kline's Third Coast Woodworks LLC, which seems to have catered to the high-end residential market, lists more than $1.3 million owed to creditors, most of it unsecured by collateral; a $236,000 job at a certain "Waltrip residence" in Williamson County (see page 10) is among those left unfinished