Latest news from Nashville Business Journal http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/breaking_news.html?ana=from_rss Nashville Business Journal : breaking news from Nashville AT&T to trim 12,000 jobs http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/12/01/daily29.html?ana=from_rss AT&T Inc. will cut 12,000 jobs, or about 4 percent of its work force. (T) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:00:17 GMT Nashville Business Journal HCA corporate headquarters hit with wave of layoffs http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/12/01/daily28.html?ana=from_rss Hospital giant HCA Inc. is laying off dozens workers at its Nashville-based national headquarters. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:58:18 GMT Nashville Business Journal Boult Cummings merges with Ala. law firm http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/12/01/daily27.html?ana=from_rss Birmingham’s largest law firm, Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP, has agreed to merge with Nashville’s third largest firm, Boult Cummings Conners & Berry. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:53:28 GMT Nashville Business Journal Digital music firm gets $30M investment http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/12/01/daily26.html?ana=from_rss PassAlong Networks Inc. is planning to close on a $30 million round of investment funding later this month, according to VentureWire. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:12:14 GMT Nashville Business Journal Noranda Aluminum to lay off 338 http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/12/01/daily25.html?ana=from_rss Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. is laying off 338 employees and contract workers. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:38:36 GMT Nashville Business Journal Fitch downgrades First Horizon's rating http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/12/01/daily24.html?ana=from_rss Fitch Ratings has downgraded the individual ratings of First Horizon National Corp. and First Tennessee Bank to 'C' from 'B/C.' Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:29:00 GMT Nashville Business Journal ERA Pacesetter closes real estate business http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/12/01/daily23.html?ana=from_rss One of Greater Nashville’s largest residential real estate firms — ERA Pacesetter Partners — is closing up shop, the latest casualty of tough economic times. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:17:08 GMT Nashville Business Journal Bridestone announces more layoffs http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/12/01/daily22.html?ana=from_rss Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire LLC today announced that its Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions division will lay off approximately 60 members of its workforce Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:58:01 GMT Nashville Business Journal Study: Tennessee ranks 14th for economic distress signs http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/12/01/daily21.html?ana=from_rss Tennessee ranked 14th nationally for signs of economic distress in a new study released by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:53:30 GMT Nashville Business Journal Book publisher lays off 10% of workers http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/12/01/daily20.html?ana=from_rss Nashville-based Christian book publisher Thomas Nelson Inc. is laying off 54 employees, about 10 percent of its workforce. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:55:48 GMT Nashville Business Journal