East Tennessee-based Greene County Bancshares to buy Franklin’s Civitas Bankgroup in a $164 million deal; Civitas shareholders to receive $10.25 in cash and .2674 shares of Greene County Bancshares stock — shares of Civitas changing hands for $9.77 as of 8:52 a.m., up more than 22 percent on the day so far

Amid continuing allegations of self-dealing on the part of Caremark executives in dealing with the hotly contested merger proposals, head honcho Mac Crawford named a “Top-performing” CEO by Institutional Investor Magazine

Airplane manufacturer Jabiru USA expands Shelbyville facility — hopes expansion will help to increase production by roughly 500 percent within the next year

Healthways gets a $25,000 thank you from North Carolina town — company recently announced plans to expand a call center in the town, investing $2 million over the next three years and adding more than one hundred jobs

And finally, Law.com article on law firms' flat associate bonuses in ’06 — Bass, Berry & Sims mentioned