Cost pressures lead execs to issue muted second-half forecast

Brentwood-based MacNeill Pride Group has added another leg to its stool of outdoor and sporting goods brands, this time through the acquisition of a Utah-based maker of sleeping pads and bag, tents and other camping gear.

Reliant Bancorp, Inc. was recognized Monday, June 28 by 50/50 Women on Boards for nearly a quarter of its board seats being filled by women.

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PFP reports 94 percent of its PPP loans in Middle Tennessee as having been smaller than $350,000, averaging $93,433 across the region, which demonstrates a concentration on small businesses.

Many analysts following Tractor Supply Co. showed confidence on Monday that Tractor Supply’s gains in 2021 are sustainable due to performance during the pandemic.

Orthopedic treatments company IMAC Holdings has closed a successful stock offering after giving its investment banks the nod to add 1.6 million shares to the roughly 10 million it had already marketed to investors.

Orthopedic treatments company IMAC Holdings has closed a successful stock offering after giving its investment banks the nod to add 1.6 million shares to the roughly 10 million it had already marketed to investors.

The Carl Icahn-controlled company pushing for big changes at Delek US Holdings has followed through on its threat to go to court over the compensation of Chairman and CEO Uzi Yemin.

Analysts at Moody's Investors Service on Thursday said they have downgraded the debt of CoreCivic because of the Biden administration’s push to end federal contracts with private prison managers.

Shares of Dollar General rallied for a second straight day Tuesday, boosted by two analysts bucking most of their peers by upgrading the discount retailer.

An oil refining company controlled by investor Carl Icahn has stepped up its rhetoric about the executive pay practices at locally based peer Delek US Holdings, with its CEO saying Friday his team “will have no choice” but to take Delek to court should it not share certain documents.

The State of California is alleging Brentwood-based Brookdale Senior Living has manipulated the federal five-star rating system by providing false staffing data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

A company run by Chinese investor Tianqiao Chen last week sold another big chunk of its shares of Community Health Systems, continuing the trimming it started last fall.

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Shares of Kirkland’s rallied nearly 10 percent Friday after the home goods retailer’s executives previewed better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and said their January sales were up more than 15 percent from the mark of a year ago.

CapStar Bank has hired a commercial lender with experience at a number of area banks to help grow its business in Williamson and Rutherford counties.

Houston-based legal services consulting firm Morae Global has added local business executive Kimberly Bell as a senior director.

The team at Community Health Systems has done another nifty bit of business in the debt markets.

The directors of Reliant Bancorp have voted to boost the company’s dividend by 20 percent and buy back up to $10 million of its stock.

FB Financial executives said Tuesday they expect to focus more on cost control and the strong mortgage market in the coming months with the expectation that loan demand will pick up in the second half of 2021.

The leaders of Reliant Bancorp posted a fourth-quarter profit of $12.2 million, nearly three times the number of late 2019 thanks in part to two acquisitions, and said Friday they are forecasting solid bottom-line growth this year — helped by the pending closure of a number of its branches.