SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 2 -- Laser Corp. announced today it has entered into a stock purchase agreement with BI Acquisitions Inc., (doing business as Broadcast International), under which the shareholders of BI Acquisitions will own approximately 98 percent of Laser's issued and outstanding stock. Under the agreement, the officers and directors of Laser have resigned and new officers and directors have been appointed. Joyce Wickham, former president of Laser, said the transaction was in the best interest of Laser shareholders, as the Laser business had been in a steady decline for the past...Read full articleRelated content from Photonics MediaArticlesJenoptik Breaks Ground on Dresden Fab: Week in Brief: 09/09/2022II-VI announced its corporate name change. The company, which finalized its acquisition of Coherent Inc. this summer, is now called Coherent Corp. 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