Morning Links: 23 September 2008

Mapco parent cuts cap ex, strong top line helps Vanguard, and more...

A grab bag of an 8-K from Delek: A bonus for the CEO, slashed cap ex numbers (from $150 million to $120 million) and Mapco's VP of marketing has resigned. All that and the stock (Ticker: DK) fell 10 percent yesterday.

Vanguard Health Systems almost broke even last quarter as the top line grew 10 percent to $716 million. Revenue per patient rose 5 percent from the year before.

Local PPO Prime Health has inked a deal for its plan members to be treated at Tenet hospitals.

NHC director Richard Laroche unloads more than $500,000 worth of stock in the company. (Ticker: NHC) It's his fifth – and by far the biggest – sale of the month.