Meade Instruments Corp. (est. 1972), one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of telescopes and accessories for amateur astronomers, and Jinghua Optics & Electronics Co., Ltd. (JOC) ...

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.

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 ...

Iconic telescope maker Meade Instruments filed for bankruptcy protection last month after a years-long legal battle with a competitor. Orion is a California-based retailer that sells telescopes and ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - Meade Instruments Corp : * Up 98.2 percent to $3.31 in premarket; to be acquired by Jinghua Optics & Electronics Co Sign up here.

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 ...

Meade Instruments (MEAD) is a company that has lost money for years. Its business of designing and manufacturing telescopes and other optical consumer products is on the decline. But after some ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...