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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.
856-589-0500
Founded 1964
Chairman/CEO: Edward B. Cloues II
NASDAQ: KTII
Market cap: $372 million *
Stock-div return one year: 67.4 percent **
Smashing and sifting stuff is the specialty of K-Tron, a maker of material-handling equipment. Its feeders are used in plastics compounding, food, and chemical and pharmaceutical industries. It makes and markets hammer mills, double-roll crushers, and other machines used in power generation, mining, pulp and paper, and forest-products industries.
The Chatter: Under Cloues, K-Tron has acquired one company a year, on average, since he became CEO a decade ago. Its steady expansion is mirrored in its stock price in recent years - relentlessly up.
Route 141 & Henry Clay Road, Building E336, Wilmington
302-498-6700
Founded 1991
President/CEO: Paul A. Friedman
NASDAQ: INCY
Market cap: $764 million *
Stock-div return one year: 59.5 percent **
