Comcast’s profits way up, boosted by Adelphia’s assets
PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp., the nation's biggest cable TV company, said today its profit soared in the third quarter, bolstered by its acquisition of a former rival's cable assets. But excluding the gain related to the Adelphia Communications Corp. purchase and asset swap that closed this summer, Comcast's profit more than doubled from a year ago while revenue climbed 22 percent from a year
