Morning Links: 27 November 2007

Gaylord pays $250 mil for Texas resort, Genesco subpoenaed by U.S. Atty's office, LifePoint board approves $150 mil repurchase, and more...

Gaylord pays $252.5 million for the Westin La Cantera Resort in San Antonio — plans to pump $250 million more into the 691 acre resort increasing the number of rooms from just over 500 to 1000, and quadrupling the meeting space

Genesco reports that it has received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York for documents related to its contentious merger with Finish Line Inc. — subpoena states that documents are sought in connection with fraud claims made against the company by deal financier UBS; Genesco CEO Hal Pennington calls the accusations ‘baseless’

LifePoint's board of directors has authorized a share repurchase program through which the company will buy back $150 million worth of stock over the next year

Two local attorneys, Fernando J. Ramos and James Todd Faulkner, censured by the Board of Professional Responsibility