The Virginian-Pilot

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• YOUR MONEY: FILING FOR PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY
• IN BUSINESS: THE IRS REWARDS COMPANY RESEARCH
• DIGEST
• CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** Ken H. Lees is the new real estate sales manager at The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star. His name was misspelled in an announcement in Monday's Business Weekly. Correction published Thursday, July 21, 1994. ***************************************************************** EXECUTIVE TRACK
• LAST WEEK: IN THE RUNNING FOR A STEEL PLANT
• PUBLISHING: A PHONE BOOK THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME NEW DIRECTORY OFFERS PARED-DOWN COVERAGE AND AD RATES TO MATCH
• CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** Doug Patterson, now general manager of Altmeyer Funeral Home, spent three years working for Smith and Williams Funeral Home, in Norfolk and Virginia Beach. A story in Monday's Business Weekly had his previous place of employment wrong. Correction published Wednesday, July 20, 1994. ***************************************************************** THE LAST DISCOUNT: CUTTING THE COST OF DEATH A WEST VIRGINIA FUNERAL COMPANY HAS SET UP SHOP IN NORFOLK WITH THIS GOAL: TO UNDERCUT TRADITIONAL COMPETITORS WITH A LEAN-AND-MEAN, LOW-OVERHEAD STRATEGY AIMED AT PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO PAY A LOT FOR THIS FUNERAL. ARE THE TRADE-OFFS WORTH IT?