Atlanta Business Chronicle articles from January 1989

Atlanta Business Chronicle archives from January 1989

Bankruptcies break records. (Atlanta)
January 30, 1989... Bankruptcies break records This promises to be another record-breaking year for bankruptcies in Atlanta. Officials are predicting that bankruptcy filings in the Northern District of Georgia, an area that includes Atlanta, Gainesville,...

This bank doesn't offer free checking. (sperm bank Xytex Corp.) (company profile)
January 30, 1989... This bank doesn't offer free checking One of every six couples trying to have a baby has difficulty. And that heartbreak means sperm banks like Midtown's Xytex Corp. have more business than they can handle. "There's more need for sperm...

Europeans shuffle Cartersville carpet mill. (VEBE U.S.A.) (company profile)
January 23, 1989... Europeans shuffle Cartersville carpet mill A Dutch-owned carpet distributor based in Cartersville sold its operation to a United Kingdom holding company last week for $50 million. Holland's family-owned Visscher Group, which owns VEBE...

TourGals go from salons to investment seminars: 'spouse programs' change a lot in 21 years. (business services) (company profile)
January 23, 1989... TourGals go from salons to investment seminars `Spouse programs' change a lot in 21 years Two decades ago, the Atlanta TourGals were taking conventioneers' wives out for the "Champagne and Shampoo" tour -- a trip to four hair salons...

Brothers do 'Broadway - corporate style.' (video services for business presentations) (company profile)
January 23, 1989... Brothers do `Broadway -- corporate style' "You've got your slide shows, your pre-produced videos and your scripting and your continuity to get you in and out of each scene. You have all these elements of software. Then you have to work on...

Public company offers software for car dealers. (Automobile Protection Corp.) (company profile)
January 16, 1989... Public company offers software for car dealers Automobile Protection Corp. (APCO) of Atlanta spent the first of the $3.6 million it raised this past summer through its initial public offering when it acquired a Missouri software company this...

Hallmark Capital sets offering for elderly centers. (includes article on Hallmark Capital Holding Corp.'s subsidiaries) (company profile)
January 9, 1989... Hallmark Capital sets offering for elderly centers An Atlanta-based provider of health care facilities has launched a $2.7 million public stock offering to finance start-up costs of more than 30 centers nationwide in the next three years. ...

Integratec headed for $100 million. (credit card processing company; includes article on executives) (company profile)
January 9, 1989... Acquisitions leading the charge Integratec headed for $100 million In its first year of business, an Atlanta credit-card support company hit enough milestones to put its second-year sales goal of $100 million in easy reach. ...

Landmark American to try public offering. (real estate developers) (company profile)
January 9, 1989... Landmark American to try public offering Just months after withdrawing its first attempt at a public offering, a subsidiary of Landmark American Corp. is trying to raise $20 million through a second effort. Historic Landmark Corp.,...

Troubles worsen for National Imaging Inc. (medical imaging equipment) (company profile)
January 2, 1989... Troubles worsen for National Imaging Inc. National Imaging Inc., a small Atlanta public company that provides medical diagnostic imaging equipment to hospitals, is facing a financial crisis. Because of continuing losses, the company's...

Foreigners back new burger blitz: Boxcar Burgers site director was former Equitable vice president. (company profile)
January 2, 1989... Foreigners back new burger blitz Boxcar Burgers site director was former Equitable vice president Foreign money likely will finance much of the $72 million needed to build and operate 100 Boxcar Burgers Inc. restaurants in Atlanta. The...

SunTrust promises improvement. (bank) (company profile)
January 2, 1989... Sick Nashville acquisition at bottom Sun Trust promises improvement For a bank that once enjoyed a reputation for sterling quality, the last few years have contributed a bit of tarnish around the edges. In early 1985, just before...