Morning Links: 26 April 2007

Ingrams cash in $26.9 million worth of Micro stock, Triad purchase gets Community Health a deal on Ind. hospital, company also reports earnings, Tractor Supply sees sales rise, Clarcor buying back $50 million worth of stock, and more...

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John and Orrin Ingram cutting back a bit of the family's controlling stake in Ingram Micro, with stock sales totaling $14.2 mil and $12.6 mil respectively in recent days (disclosed in a series of Form 4 filings); Calif. computer distributor's proxy statement today shows what a pittance those sales amount to as percentage of the Ingrams' total holdings

Community Health gets hospital for bargain price due to purchase of Triad — company also reports 1Q results with earnings per share remaining flat in the 1st quarter despite income falling to $54.3 million from $57.3 million in ‘06

Evolved Digital closes on sale of Canadian operations; will use cash to get out of debt

Tractor Supply see sales increase more than 20 percent to $559.8 million from $465.5 million in the 1st quarter — income jumps from $500k in ’06 to $5 million in ‘07

Symbion posts 1st quarter results: income falls to 18 cents per share, down from 21 cents last year

Franklin's Clarcor buys back $50 million worth of its shares

National Healthcare Corp hikes dividend by 17 percent [added 11:08 a.m.]