The Philadelphia-based company wants the new owners to release it from any responsibility regarding the existing condition of the building.

Christopher d'Amboise is the president and artistic director of the Philadelphia-based company.

The plant was built by Fibrowatt, a Philadelphia-based company, with financial incentives from the State of Minnesota.

Shares of the Philadelphia-based company closed $2.50 higher yesterday, at $50, on the New York Stock Exchange.

As indications of merger talks surfaced, the shares of the Philadelphia-based company rose by 14 percent last week, closing on Friday at $60.875.

The Philadelphia-based company said new Federal price cap regulations reduced income by $45 million.

The Philadelphia-based company attributed the loss to bad real estate loans and commercial loans.

Now 20 years old, the Philadelphia-based company has the verve and brightness of new paint.

Comcast, which has complained that it cannot carry Sunday Ticket, is a Philadelphia-based company.

The Philadelphia-based company said net income rose to $348.8 million, or $1.77 a share, from $329.1 million, or $1.66 a share, in the period last year.