"Doug" wrote:
Did you hear that Lowrance got bought out? They will continue to exist
as Lowrance, I believe, but some company bought them.

Bought by Norway's Simrad Yachting AS:

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...0-121755-7595r

And Garmin denied making a bid, though presumably they made an offer to buy
Lowrance last year:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/3628002.html