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Presents data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on bank deposit trends in Atlanta, Georgia. Four institutions that control the area's total deposits; Location of the main offices of Atlanta's four biggest banks; Deposit market share as an indicator of a bank's franchise value and profit potential.

Focuses on the growth of capital markets group in Georgia. Total percentage of Union Corp.'s pretax profit derived from investment banking and corporate finance; Financial operations of capital markets group; Diversification of banks.

Examines how money for classroom technology in Georgia has dwindled in the mid-1990s. Lack of teacher training; Efforts of business community to bring technology into the schools; Lack of coordination and failure of the state to provide a long-range plan; How local school systems spend staff development money. INSET: Playing politics with Next Generation.

Reports on concerns about the effect of the impending deregulation of Georgia's utilities on the state Public Service Commission's (PSC) authority. PSC's upcoming decision whether Atlanta Gas Light Co. could offer discounts to its biggest industrial customers; Problems besetting the PSC; Legislative measures' possible effect on the PSC; Utilities' concern about conservation-related incentives.

Reports on the increase in venture capital for companies in Georgia in the first quarter of 1997. Attribution of increase to continued interest in the health care and technology sectors; Major companies in the state that received venture capital during the period; Comparison with other states in terms of venture capital.

Reports on the performance of mutual funds in Atlanta, Georgia. Annual investments of one billion dollars; Companies holding largest blocks of mutual funds; Approaches by mutual fund managers on companies whose shares they own.

Reports on the increase in personal bankruptcies in Georgia and its expected repercussions on businesses in the state. Bankruptcy figures from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; Increase of debt-burdened people; Bankruptcy statistics by year; Problems on short-term debt.

Describes the plan to replace the Outlet Square Mall on Buford Highway in Atlanta, Georgia with an Oriental shopping center. Aim of making the area the largest Asian-themed shopping center in the state; Growth of immigrants in the area; Other Asian developments along the highway.

Reports on the problem of computer theft in Georgia. Examples of computer theft cases; Theft of memory chips and microprocessors; Financial losses attributed to computer theft.

Reports on Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc.'s merger with Boaca Research. Response of the stock market to the deal; Likelihood of layoffs; Comparison of the companies' revenues in 1994.

Reports on a survey of business ethics in Georgia. Company penalties for unethical behavior; Implementation of ethical codes of conduct; Offer of ethics training within business organizations.

Presents an interview with Robert Amman, chief executive officer of John Harland Co. Stage of restructuring the company; Poor performance of Harland stock; Optimism on company earnings; Management ideas.

Reports on a lawsuit filed by William D. DeVane and David C. King, two former chief executive officers of small North Georgia banks that were acquired by Regions Financial Corp. Allegations contained in the lawsuit; Prior lawsuits filed against Regions.

Profiles lawyer David Aughtry. Battles with the Internal Revenue Service; Educational and career achievements; Handling of cases in tax and Supreme Courts.

Focuses on an increase in prime interest rates in Atlanta, Georgia as of April 1997. Comment by small business owner Doug Hood; Total loans made by area banks between December 1994 and September 1996; Implications on credit for businesses needing capital; Banks that are lending more to smaller companies.

Reports on Wachovia Corp.'s plans to expand its presence beyond the Southeastern region. Chief executive officer Leslie Baker Jr.'s proposal for increasing the size and earnings of the company; Development of broader franchise across the United States; Expansion moves made by Wachovia's banking rivals.

Reports that Goldman Sachs & Co. has invested $25 million into the Atlanta, Georgia-based company called New Image Orthodontic Group. Consolidation of the fragmented business of New Image; Role of Resurgens Capital & Investments Inc. in the deal.

Reports on the plans to change the telephone area codes in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998. Effect of the proliferation of cellular phones, pagers, fax machines and computers on the use of the phone numbers in the 770 and 404 area codes; Number of new cellular phones in the city since 1994.

Looks at corporate mergers and acquisitions among Atlanta, Georgia-based companies in 1996. Net value of deals involving metro-area firms as of January 1996; Implication of state merger statistics on the nationwide scale; Biggest Georgia transactions; Signs of a transition from national to global economy; Consumers' demand for better products at better prices; Mergers' common aim of enlarging companies' operations.

Reports on Atlanta, Georgia-based Southern Co. international unit's acquisition of Hong Kong-based Consolidated Electric Power Asia (CEPA). Scheduled completion of the deal in January 1997; Southern's courtship of CEPA chief Gordon Wu; Exchange of phone calls between Wu and Southern's Thomas Boren.

Reports that small banks in metro Atlanta, Georgia are basking in the glow of a powerhouse economy that is creating fat profits and a ravenous demand for loans. Profits posted by small banks in the first nine months of 1996; Impact of the construction boom; Benefits from lower insurance premiums; Acquisition by small lending institutions.

Focuses on the increase in venture capital money in Atlanta, Georgia for 1996. Combined investment pool for the top nine venture capital firms in the city; Comparison to the amount in the previous year; Comment by Martin Tilson, attorney at Kilpatrick & Cody; Activities by the venture capital firms.

Focuses on the efforts by Prometheus Partners LP to raise funds to finance corporate buyouts. Amount raised by the company as of January 1997; Type of investors by the company; Comment by Nicholas Peters, managing partner of Prometheus; Other deals negotiated by Prometheus; Peters' plans for the company.

Focuses on the management buyouts negotiated by Cravey Green & Whalen. Features of the deal it made concerning the purchase of Tyson Foods Inc.; Details of other management buyouts negotiated by the company; Amount invested by the company for Quik-To-Fix; Comment by Richard Cravey, one of the partners of the firm.

Interviews Gaylor Coan, chairman and chief executive officer of Gold Kist Inc., a farm cooperative in Atlanta, Georgia, that processes 14 million chickens a week. Career history; Background information on the cooperative; Marketing strategies; Views on poultry production.

Focuses on the growth in business of mortgage-backed securities in Georgia. Background history; Securitization in 1995; Transactions; Comments from industry executives.

Presents an interview with Tom Kilgore, president and CEO of Tucker, Georgia-based Oglethorpe Power Corp. Need to restructure the old structure to suit with the future age; Changing the mind-set of employees.

Reports on the possibility for the South African Airways (SAA) of operating a flight schedule at the Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Talks between a delegation from Atlanta and the SAA; Benefits of the arrangement.

Reports on the failure of Avian Farms Inc.'s plan to relocate its key operations to Savannah, Georgia from Maine. Downturn in the poultry business as contributing factor to the failed relocation; Avian's restructuring moves to cut costs.

Presents an interview with Robert Ratcliff, chairman and chief executive officer of AGCO Corp. Success of the company's acquisition team; Expansion of the business outside the United States; Plans to double the company size; Development of the company's business outside the United States.

Details the formation of a new bank in Atlanta, Georgia. Raising of $5 million in initial capital; Plans to raise an additional $3-$5 million; Naming of a nine-person board; List of the members of the board.

Reports on Atlanta, Georgia-based Kilpatrick & Cody's merger with Petree Stockton, a law firm based in North Carolina. Plans to name to the new firm Kilpatrick Stockton; Benefits of the merger to Kilpatrick & Cody; Details of the agreement.

Profiles Atlanta, Georgia-based Scientific Atlanta Inc. Company history; Comments from company executives; Hiring and selection of employees; Starting separate software operations; Company acquisitions; Producing spinoffs in the electronics manufacturing business.

Reports on General Motors Corp.'s export of a line of minivans from its Doraville, Georgia plant to Europe. Estimate of the factory's capacity; Company profile; Building different models for different market.

Profiles Georgia-based young technology companies. Includes Telecom International Inc.; Internet Security Systems Inc.; MindSpring Enterprises Inc.

Reports on the contributions of Georgia-based technology companies on the region's employment. High technology companies based in Georgia; Abundance in firms that make software; Proliferation of technology in the industry sector.

Features Atlanta, Georgia-based Euramax International PLC, a spinoff of area-based Alumax Inc. Company background; Business operations; Company's international expansion plans.

Reports on the implications of the plans of BellSouth Corp. of changing its pricing for customers using high-speed data lines. Reworking the way it bills for integrated services digital network (ISDN); Charges for ISDN services; Putting a tax on Internet access.

Features the software developed by Rosweell, Georgia-based attorney Chip Cooper that lets users customize legal documents. Formation of a company called Digital Contracts Inc. which will be used to sell the software; Capabilities.

Profiles Howard Morrison, former president of Atlanta, Georgia-based NationsBank Corp. Making technology a priority in the banking industry; Personal background; Promoting high-tech jobs and industry; Local high-tech companies which Morrison helped finance.

Reports on an increase in cellular service theft in Atlanta, Georgia. Process of stealing cellular service from subscribers; Efforts to prevent occurrences of cellular service theft; Crimes' link with drug traffickers; Atlanta Police Department's efforts to train its officers to combat cellular theft.

Focuses on the problems faced by the computer industry in the year 2000 if software and computers are not fixed immediately. Computers' identification of 2000 as 1900 because they are programmed to recognize dates as two numbers; Negative results of the industry's failure to address the problem; Problem of opening computers to inspect the software.

Reports on Chickamauga, Georgia-based textile manufacturer Synthetic Industries Inc.'s plans for an initial public offering (IPO). Diversification and growth of the company; Sale of majority of shares by a partnership controlled by Synthetic chief executive officer and president Leonard Chill and other executives.

Reports on MindSpring Enterprises Inc.'s agreement to acquire the subscribers of PSINet Inc. Plans to sell more stock to finance the deal; Earlier launching of an Internet service; Growth of MindSpring's Internet service area after the PSINet deal.

Reports on SITA Group's contract with American Airlines Inc. to run its Sabre Computer Services reservation system. SITA's expansion in Atlanta, Georgia; Terms of the contract.

Profiles Israeli native Eli Gruber, owner of automated visual software maker InterTech Imaging Corp. based in Atlanta, Georgia. Background on firm's founding; Partnership with entrepreneur Dave Bahr; Youth in kibbutz; Growth of business.

Discusses Charles McCall's buildup of HBO & Co.'s stock and healthcare software portfolio business as chief executive officer. Percentage increase in the firm's net income annually; McCall's personality; Viewed management approach of McCall.

Reports on the suit filed by Internet Atlanta Inc. against the VEC Financial Services Inc. in the Gwinnett County Superior Court on May 22, 1996. Background on both companies; Allegations made in the Internet Atlanta suit against VEC; Terms of the consent order issued by the court following the filing of the suit.

Reports on Pipeline Communications Inc.'s May 31, 1996 agreement to be acquired by IntelliQuest Information Group Inc. for $18 million in stock. Background on Pipeline's operations; Significance of the sale for Pipeline investors; Plans for its operations following its acquisition.

Reports on competition in the World Wide Web services industry in Atlanta, Georgia. Expected closure or acquisition of smaller services due to crowding in the industry; Creativity as a selling factor; Diversification strategies; Services offered by several Web service providers.