Morning Links: 7 May 2007

American HomePatient back in the black for the first quarter of '07, Louisiana-Pacific downgraded by Prudential, and more...

American HomePatient sees revenue decline by 2.7 percent in the first quarter — income, however, comes in at 6 cents per share, up from a loss of 4 cents in the same quarter of ‘06

Louisiana-Pacific downgraded from ‘neutral’ to ‘underweight’ by Prudential — analyst sees the company facing increased pressure from a slow housing market and industry oversupply

Missouri-based financial-services firm Edward Jones ranks as the top “large-sized company” place to work in Tennessee, according to a report from BusinessTN, and Best Companies Group out of Harrisburg, Pa.—company has 215 branches across the state

Nissan Motor Co. President and chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn tells a conference that the company's marketing isn't what it needs to be in building the Nissan and Infiniti brands, first profit loss in eight years sends a wake-up call