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.
100 Independence Mall West, Philadelphia
215-592-3000
Founded 1907
Chairman/CEO: Raj L. Gupta
NYSE: ROH
Market cap: $10.53 billion *
Stock-div return one year: 7.4 percent **
Rohm & Haas materials are found in everything from electronics to paint. It supplies materials and fabrication services for printed circuit boards used in computers, cell phones, automobiles and other devices. It markets materials for LCD and plasma displays, bio-processing, advanced water treatment. It even offers table and specialty salts for water conditioning, ice control, food processing.
The Chatter: The company's failed effort to sell its Morton Salt unit turned out to be a blessing: Bad weather drove up demand for ice-control products, and the weak dollar helped boost salt sales overseas. That helped make it one of the few big regional companies to show a gain in total return.
CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORP.
2 Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd
610-660-7817
Founded 1990
