John Costello / Inquirer
At the Wachovia Center, Broad Street Atrium, Comcast workers get ready for "SportsNite." The cable giant is still striving to dominate the nation’s Internet and telephone service.
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Market cap and total return leaders
The region’s powerhouses and big producers are sparkling with projects for the future. Most of the companies’ stock-and-dividend returns were down.
NYSE: DD
Market cap: $42.37 billion *
Stock-div return one year: down 2.3 percent **
DuPont sprawls from biotechnology and electronics to security and synthetic fibers. After shedding dozens of businesses and moving managers out to field operations, it now focuses on five segments: Agriculture & Nutrition, Coatings & Color Technologies, Electronic & Communication Technologies, Performance Materials, and Safety & Protection. Its chemicals include insect-control products, automotive finishes, sporting goods and, of course, Kevlar and Teflon. It even has an interest in the antihypertensive drugs Cozaar and Hyzaar.
The Chatter: Although DuPont stock is off, it's still the only local company among the 30 firms in the Dow Jones industrial average, and it has seen exports rise on the falling dollar.
1050 Westlakes Dr., Berwyn
Phone 610-893-9800
Founded 1941
CEO: Thomas J. Lynch
NYSE: TEL
Market cap: $19.03 billion *
Stock-div return one year: n/a **
Spun out of the Tyco conglomerate, Tyco Electronics is focused just on its Electronics, Wireless, Network Solutions and Undersea Communications segments. It makes and markets everything from switches, touch screens and sensors to infrastructure components for telecommunications and energy markets, to support for communications, radar and defense applications. Its Undersea segment builds, designs and maintains undersea fiber-optic networks.
The Chatter: A year ago, Tyco Electronics became independent after Ed Breen of New Hope - still chief executive officer of Tyco International Ltd. - made good on his promise to break up the conglomerate after he could not improve its returns. Lynch, formerly of Motorola Inc., was in place to take the helm.
