Genesco Chairman Hal Pennington pocketed about $1.7 million on the exercising and sale of some options and additional shares Tuesday. Genesco shares (Ticker: GCO) are up 80 percent since March.

Newly sworn-in Supreme Court Chief Justice Janice Holder says the state's highest court is all for maintaining the Tennessee Plan of judicial selection.

Vanderbilt is one of nine schools in a consortium that will receive $280 million in federal funds to screen various molecules' potential to fight diseases.

Lightning Source, a La Vergne-based book publisher that's part of the Ingram family of companies, is benefiting nicely from Sarah Palin's vice-presidential nomination. 

Danish company Novo A/S, already the largest shareholder in BioMimetic Therapeutics (Ticker: BMTI) and already an active buyer so far this year, again upped its stake in the company last Friday and this past Tuesday.

Analysts at Citi Investment Research say shares of Louisiana-Pacific (Ticker: LPX) are benefiting from an International Paper price hike.

digiChart says it has signed up a handful of physician groups for its EMR software in the past few months.

Forbes puts Nashville at No. 10 when it comes to cities that are good for retirees.