Business
Finance: Stock purchase for half of firm is made in conjunction with an investment bank.
July 20, 1996
Travel & Experiences
A hotel? Yawn. Planners are scheduling meetings on accommodations that bob, float and roll on rails.
March 15, 2005
Meade Instruments sold to Chinese telescope company for $5.9 million
Oct. 15, 2013
Telescope maker Meade Instruments at a turning point
July 5, 2013
Meade Instruments Corp. said Wednesday that it has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against rival Celestron International Inc., a week after the U.S. government sought to block Meade from buying the rival telescope-maker.
June 6, 2002
A Missouri holding company said it has acquired Meade Instruments Corp., a Costa Mesa maker of telescopes, binoculars and other optical instruments.
Jan. 9, 1987
Meade Instruments Corp. said Wednesday that it acquired Bresser Optik, a privately held European distributor of binoculars and other optical products, for $7 million.
Sept. 2, 1999
Technology and the Internet
Telescope and binocular maker Meade Instruments Corp. said it will take a fourth-quarter charge of about $700,000 stemming from the bankruptcy of Service Merchandise Co., one of its largest customers.
April 8, 1999
Technology: The two new telescopes are computer-controlled. The company also plans more hires at its Irvine base.
May 9, 2000
Meade Instruments Corp. warned late Thursday that its earnings and revenue for the fiscal third quarter will likely fall short of expectations because of sluggish domestic and European demand for its holiday products.
Nov. 3, 2000