Telescope maker Meade Instruments has been sold to affiliates of Chinese manufacturer Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co. for $5.9 million, ending months of speculation over the future of a storied Irvine ...

Shares of Meade Instruments Corp. skyrocketed Monday in its first trading session since the Irvine-based company announced it was set to be acquired for $4.5 million by the North American unit of ...

Meade Instruments, the leading designer and manufacturer of telescopes and optical accessories for both professional and amateur astronomy enthusiasts worldwide, has announced the completion of the ...

Directors of Meade Instruments Corp., which has helped foster the consumer market with its easy-to-use telescopes and binoculars since 1972, may be tipping their hand by Monday on whether to recommend ...

Meade Instruments has filed for bankruptcy protection following a November 26 jury verdict in an antitrust lawsuit, which found the company and its parent, Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co., liable for ...

Bidding for control of Meade Instruments, the Irvine-based telescope maker, is coming into sharper focus. In May, Meade announced that it would merge with JOC, after the board approved a sale at $3.45 ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Meade Instruments ® (NasdaqGM: MEAD), a leading designer and manufacturer of telescopes and optical accessories for both professional and amateur astronomy enthusiasts ...

The Celestron Inspire 100AZ Refractor Telescope and Meade Instruments Polaris 114mm Reflector Telescope are both excellent telescopes. This versus guide puts the two head-to-head to help you decide ...

A San Jose-based competitor has jumped into the bidding for Irvine-based Meade Instruments Corp. MIT Capital Inc. last week proposed to acquire all of Meade’s outstanding common stock for $3.65 per ...

Meade Instruments Corp. announced Wednesday it will close its Coronado Instruments plant in Tucson and transfer manufacturing of its solar telescopes and filters to Meade's factory in Irvine, Calif.

Meade Instruments Corp., the Irvine maker of telescopes and binoculars, has settled a lawsuit by rivals Star Instruments and RC Optical Systems. The two companies claimed Meade falsely described ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Meade Instruments reported second-quarter earnings before items of $105,000, or a penny per share, down from its year-ago equivalent profit of $253,000, or 2 cents per share. Two ...