Morning Links: 23 July 2008

Nissan CEO on profitable electric cars, little more Gaylord for investor, $33M home hits the market, and more...

Email | Print By Geert De Lombaerde

Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn says his company is focused on producing a zero-emissions car that will make money. An element of that push is a partnership with the state and TVA to look at the infrastructure necessary to make electric cars work for commuters.

Another day, another update from Robert Rowling, now the largest shareholder of Gaylord Entertainment: The Texan billionaire spent another $2 million on the hotel company's shares.

An industry group will this fall award Bill Spitz, Vanderbilt's chief investment officer until last August, a lifetime achievement award.

What's six years old, has more than 20,000 square feet and will set you back $33 million? That would be this local property, which The Lipman Group is marketing for attorney, real estate investor and racing aficionado Gary Baker.

Lower sales and marketing costs helped HealthStream's second-quarter profits jump 73 percent from a year ago. The company (Ticker: HSTM) lowered its top- and bottom-line targets for the rest of this year.

The CEO of a Miami technology and watch company says she almost relocated the enterprise to Nashville.