Washington Post blog “The Fix” takes a look at the generous GOP giving of Tennesseans and what it could mean for Thompson’s chances of catching currently Republican fundraising leaders Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney

Community Health Systems may face direct competition in Indiana due to the lack of any “certificate of need” regulations in that state

Gaylord scraps plans for $1 billion hotel and convention center near San Diego citing unproductive negotiations with local labor leaders [added 1:19 p.m.]

HCA opens new $7 million imaging facility at its Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, Va.

Tractor Supply opens store in Shreveport, marking the Brentwood company’s first foray into the Louisiana market

Bass, Berry & Sims serves as legal counsel in Bethesda, Md.-based Coventry Health Care’s $685 million acquisition of Florida Health Plan Administrators LLC

TheStreet.com suggests that Swiss megabank UBS should think about offloading its PaineWebber Group, which bought local investment house J.C. Bradford in 2000