Morning links: 8 September 2006

$10 mil claim may herald new round of local priest-abuse lawsuits, Pinnacle sets terms for debt offer, speculation on ultimate value of HCA buyout to top brass, Genesco's quarterly sales see healthy increase, and more...

New sexual-abuse lawsuit against local Catholic hierarchy may augur more to come, according to AP; complaint by John-Doe victim, now 29, claims breach of fiduciary duty and negligence on the part of the Diocese and seeks $10 million in damages

Liberation for the subordinated debentures! Or not, depending on your revolutionary temper: Nashville bank Pinnacle sets terms for $20 mil debt offer

WSJ overview (subscription required) hints at how very, very, very much HCA's buyout may be worth, long term, to the Frist family and other insiders

Genesco files 10-Q; sales up by 14 percent over the same period last year to $139 million

Declining patient volume leads HCA to cut jobs in Va.

Famous Nashville-based Bible distributor, Gideons International, barred from handing out Bibles in Missouri, of all places