Still in the game

By most economic indicators, 2007 was not as robust as the previous year or two for American businesses. There was evidence of the turbuience in the Business Journai's annuaJ ranMng of Centrai PennsyJvania's Top 100 privateiy heJd companies.

Some home buiiders and car deaJers struggJed. Trucking companies feit the pinch of high fuei prices.

But remarkably, many of the Top 100managed to do pretty weJJ. In fact, 69 companies saw their revenue go up from the previous year. A handful of construction companies-Richard D. Poole, Quandel Enterprises Inc. and Powell Steel Corp., to name three - had the largest percentage increases of all the firms on the list.

If anyone …