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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The price for Meade Instruments Corp., a telescope and astronomy accessory maker based in Irvine, has risen once more, according to the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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 ...

Meade Instruments Corp. said today that Steven G. Murdock would retire as chief executive as soon as a successor is found. Murdock will remain on the Irvine telescope maker’s board. Murdock joined ...

Struggling Irvine telescope maker Meade Instruments Corp. said Tuesday it’s closing a Georgia plant and cutting 20 jobs. The move is “another step in our efforts to align our operating expenses with ...

LAS VEGAS -- Need a reason to go camping? Here's a great one. Meade Instruments showed off its new telescope at CES 2009, a 30-pound mean machine makes the night sky come alive. It's astronomy for ...

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 ...

It's not new but it's certainly innovative enough for us to groove on. Meade Instruments has developed a Deep Sky Imager for budding astronomers to shoot "stunning" deep sky digital photographs. The ...