Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Commodore Business Machines
     
         (CBM) Makers of the {PET}, {Commodore 64},
        {Commodore 16}, {Commodore 128}, and {Amiga} {personal
        computers}.  Their logo is a {chicken head}.
     
        On 29 April 1994, Commodore International announced that it
        had been unable to renegotiate terms of outstanding loans and
        was closing down the business.  Commodore US was expected to
        go into liquidation.  Commodore US, France, Spain, and Belgium
        were liquidated for various reasons.  The names Commodore and
        Amiga were maintained after the liquidation.
     
        On 1995-04-21 CBM was bought by {Escom AG}, a German company
        and production of the Amiga resumed.  Production of the 8-bit
        range alledgedly never stopped during the time in liquidation
        because a Chinese company were producing the {C64} in large
        numbers for the local market there.
     
        (1996-07-22)