Narrator not reading italics

Ref.: Problem with Narrator reading italicised words on a web page

Can someone please advise.

I am having difficulty with .htm pages where Narrator is not correctly
reading some of the italicised words. I've included example .htm code below
that illustrates my problem. 

The Narrator application (accessible via
Start>Programs>Accessories>Accessibility>Narrator) reads the first
italicised words (Golden Pages) correctly but not the 2nd, which are coded
the exact same. 

How can I ensure that every italicised word is read consistently by the
Narrator application?

Yours sincerely,

Paul Egan
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
<em>Golden Pages</em> has grown rapidly. The company started operations with
40 
members of staff in 1968. Today this figure has grown to over 300 employees.
The 
staff at <em>Golden Pages</em> controls the entire range of directory
operations, 
from the selling of advertising through to computerised page make-up,
directory 
publishing and marketing activities. 
</body>
</html>


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Received on Monday, 10 March 2003 05:10:02 UTC