Two TN firms 'Best to Work For'

Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, the law firm; and, FedEx Corp. are among Fortune magazine's 13th annual "Best Companies to Work For." Baker Donelson was cited for its diversity efforts. HT: Tennessean's Getahn Ward. The best company? SAS, headquartered in Cary, N.C.

HealthStream ranked

HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) announced it's the only Tennessee-headquartered company to make it into the FORTUNE Small Business ranking of "America's 100 Fast-growing Small Public Companies," at position 33. HealthStream will release quarterly results July 27 and have a call with analysts, July 28. (The Memphis-based subsidiary of an Ohio company made the FORTUNE ranking, as earlier noted on this blog.)

Biologics parentco hits FORTUNE SB100

For the fifth year, the Cincinnati-based parent of Memphis-based Meridian Life Science Inc., provider of Meridian Biologics DNA sequencing, cell banking and other services, is listed among the Top 100 fast-growing small public companies by FORTUNE Small Business. Related story, MDN.

FORTUNE finds VU one of 'the best places'

Pretty cool. Vanderbilt University the first such institution to crack FORTUNE's "Best Places to Work" list. Here's VU's release.