Business
Amazon said a June 2018 blaze on the roof a Redlands warehouse involved a solar panel system that Tesla’s SolarCity division had installed. That comes days after a bombshell lawsuit from Walmart against Tesla.
Aug. 23, 2019
Amphenol, a maker of electrical connectors, rejected any suggestion that its products caused the solar-equipment fires that prompted Walmart to sue Tesla.
Aug. 26, 2019
Wallingford, Conn.
Jan. 24, 1997
The aerospace conglomerate, based in Morris Township, N.J., agreed to sell Amphenol Products to a subsidiary of LPL Investments Group for $430 million.
April 6, 1987
David Simpson McNally, 76, industrial management executive who formerly headed Amphenol’s Space & Missile Systems Division in Chatsworth.
May 25, 1996
Allied-Signal Corp. is expected to announce today a far-reaching restructuring that analysts said would trim about $2 billion in annual revenue but could add about $2 billion in cash to the newly merged conglomerate.
Nov. 20, 1985
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was paid $6.1 million for giving up his accumulated stock incentive plan with Invesco Group when he was named to President Trump’s Cabinet, and the firm separately paid him a $970,530 bonus, according to Ross’ latest government ethics filing.
Sept. 13, 2018
The Morris Township, N.J.
Dec. 10, 1986
On top of fires at Amazon and Walmart facilities, Tesla may have problems with residential power systems, a much bigger part of its sputtering solar business.
Aug. 30, 2019
Technology and the Internet
* Terence J.
Jan. 17, 1999