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These guys are hot

Posted on November 20, 2009 at 7:31 am

I’ve been remiss in not yet linking to this year’s list of the Hot 100 compiled by my colleagues at BusinessTN. More than 50 Nashville-area companies — names as diverse as OHL, American Music Channel and TrackPoint Systems — are on this year’s list of Tennessee ventures that are “fast-growing, emerging and brimming with promise.”

Preds’ value slips four spots

Posted on November 12, 2009 at 7:58 am

The value of the Nashville Predators fell 5 percent last season to $156 million, according to Forbes‘ statisticians. That pushed the franchise back down the league list to the same spot it held in 2006. Check out the team’s current page here and Forbes‘ lists from 2008, 2007 and 2006.

BB&T, Regions, SunTrust top satisfaction list

Posted on October 21, 2009 at 8:03 am

J.D. Power has asked the question and crunched the numbers to figure out how satisfied small businesses are with their banks. For Middle Tennessee’s largest banks, the numbers vary quite a bit: BB&T, which ranks 13th by deposit market share, leads the list and Regions and SunTrust also score well above the industry average. Off the pace are Bank of America, Fifth Third and U.S. Bank.

The equivalent survey from a year ago has Regions a lot further down the list. Overall satisfaction has fallen more than 3 percent as the credit crunch and recession have taken their toll and bankers and small biz owners alike.

Psych Solutions still a market beater

Posted on October 12, 2009 at 2:19 pm

So says the research team at Forbes, who have for the third year in a row placed Psychiatric Solutions on its list of the best mid-cap stocks. But if the trend holds, the Franklin-based company (Ticker: PSYS) won’t make the cut in 2011: It’s fallen from ninth to 38th over the past two years.

Two local health care players on IT best-of list

Posted on September 15, 2009 at 10:59 am

Healthways has been ranked 35th on the annual InformationWeek 500 list of top information technology organizations. The only other locally headquartered ranked in the top list’s top half is HCA. First Horizon, the Memphis-based parent of First Tennessee Bank, also ranks in the top 50.

SEE ALSO: Healthways’ release on the topic

Titans’ value reaches 10 digits

Posted on September 3, 2009 at 3:24 pm

Forbes‘ annual ranking of NFL team values has the Titans moving up a spot from last year and becoming the 20th team to reach the $1 billion mark. (The 19th team was the Seahawks, who slipped a bit this past year.)

Up a spot

Posted on August 20, 2009 at 8:18 am

Vanderbilt comes in at No. 17 on U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking of the nation’s top universities. That’s the school’s highest-ever rating, up one position from last year and tied with Rice and Emory.

SEE ALSO: Belmont’s rising regional rank

Psych Solutions’ growth streak

Posted on August 19, 2009 at 6:50 am

For the fourth consecutive year, Psychiatric Solutions (Ticker: PSYS) has been named to Fortune’s list of the 100 fastest-growing public companies. And, as in 2008 and 2006, it is the only Tennessee-based company on the list.

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