Entertainment & Arts
Merger: EchoStar founder’s country boy image belies his ability to overcome obstacles to pull off DirecTV deal.
Oct. 30, 2001
Technology and the Internet
A Colorado investor, Charles W.
April 30, 1991
Business
A Colorado investor extended his $3-a-share tender offer for the stock of California Amplifier Inc. and waived one of his conditions for purchasing any tendered shares.
Sept. 24, 1991
A Colorado businessman has made an unsolicited, $12.5-million takeover bid for California Amplifier Inc., a Camarillo maker of home-satellite dishes and other microwave telecommunications products that has been struggling to maintain profitability.
Aug. 27, 1991
A Colorado investor has boosted his stake in California Amplifier Inc., a Camarillo-based maker of home satellite dishes and other telecommunications products, to 5.9% of the company’s stock.
May 28, 1991
A Colorado businessman who led an unsuccessful attempt to take control of California Amplifier Corp. last year has cut his stake in the Camarillo company.
Sept. 1, 1992
Media: Sources say company CEO is gearing up to spoil bid by News Corp. to take control of its competitor, Hughes.
May 24, 2001
Sept. 3, 1991
The come-from-behind bid by Charles Ergen’s EchoStar satellite TV to swallow General Motors’ DirecTV and choke media magnate Rupert Murdoch’s global communications ambitions has all the makings of a dramatic TV series beamed down on the satellite signals these guys are fighting to control.
Nov. 5, 2001
The focus of a brewing battle for control of financially struggling California Amplifier Inc., a Camarillo maker of home-satellite dishes and other microwave telecommunications products, has shifted back to a Colorado investor who made a $12.5-million unsolicited tender offer for the company last month.
Sept. 10, 1991