Atlas is losing direction.

Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content | March 2, 2009 | Copyright

Byline: Claer Barrett

TIP UPDATE: The shares have slipped nearly 80 per cent since the half-year results last August and mounting debts could yet close the book

In Greek mythology, Atlas buckled under the weight of a heavy burden - and the same seems true of Aim-traded eastern European property developer Atlas Estates. Its debts now dwarf its dwindling market capitalisation, and banking covenants have been breached.

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