WorldGate Internet service to be offered in Willow Grove; it runs on TVs hooked to cable boxes. The company calls the system's debut in the area a major step

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WorldGate Communications Inc (Bensalem, PA) will offer its interactive television service in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania in fall 1999. WorldGate's Internet service runs on television sets connected via cable boxes. The deployment in Willow Grove, through Comcast Corp, will be the first commercial use of interactive television in the area, although Comcast has been testing the new Internet service in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. Comcast will offer a General Instrument digital set-top box in conjunction with the interactive TV service.

Services development, Pennsylvania, Internet service providers, WorldGate Communications Inc.

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Keeping funeral home as a family business

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The Wood sisters, Cynthia and Wanda operating the West Philadelphia-based Wood Funeral Home love their family business of lowering the dead in their graves and do not regret not having brothers to continue their fathers work. The African-American sisters' success only proves the fact that a lot of family business still continues to prosper despite many youngsters not being inclined in continuing the family traditions.

Management dynamics, Funeral Homes and Funeral Services, Funeral service and crematories, Funeral Services, Management, Funeral industry, Company business management, Family-owned business enterprises, Family-owned businesses, Family corporations

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Verizon's telephone books go on a diet

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The author examines the new and improved telephone directories being issued to Verizon Communications Inc. Topics include book design and weight, environmental aspects of the paper and ink, and the company's marketing strategy.

Product information, COMMUNICATION, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Marketing, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Environmental aspects, Communications industry, Design and construction, Product enhancement, Strategic planning (Business), Strategic aspects, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verizon Communications Inc., VZ, Telephone directories

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