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FLASH MEMORY

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2018
Toshiba books first net profit in four years
The firm said it improved its balance sheet by recording u00a5783.1 billion in shareholders' equity at the end of March, staving off a risk of being delisted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 23, 2018
Toshiba weighs chip-unit options as Chinese regulators look set to delay sale to Bain beyond deadline
Toshiba Corp. is all but guaranteed to miss a May 1 deadline to sell its memory chip business to a Bain Capital-led group, people familiar with the matter said, raising the chances it may consider other options that could yield billions of additional dollars for the unit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 15, 2018
End of a chip boom? Memory chip price drop spooks investors
After a blistering year-and-a-half long surge, a sudden drop in some memory chip prices followed by Samsung Electronics Co.'s disappointing profit estimate is causing jitters among investors who had bet the chip boom would last at least another year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 9, 2017
Toshiba rides memory chip unit to 28-year high in operating profit
The electronics giant posts a half-year operating profit that topped a 28-year high, driven by performance from its memory chip business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 24, 2017
Bain says Western Digital legal protest threatens Toshiba joint venture
The Bain Capital-led consortium that's buying Toshiba Corp.'s chip unit warned Western Digital Corp. to give up attempts to overturn the deal and settle its legal claims if it wants the relationship to continue.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2017
Toshiba forecasts ¥110 billion annual loss from tax impact of chip unit sale to Bain consortium
Toshiba Corp. forecast an annual net loss of ¥110 billion ($968 million) after calculating the tax impact of selling its memory chip division to a group led by Bain Capital.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2017
Western Digital's battle for Toshiba: A tale of threats and culture clashes
Steve Milligan was ready to declare victory. A statement was drafted and a photographer was getting lined up for a handshake ceremony planned in Tokyo. As the brash Silicon Valley executive prepared to announce the biggest deal of his career, a prominent Japanese newspaper was reporting his consortium...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2017
Toshiba signs memorandum to favor Bain consortium for chip unit sale
Struggling Toshiba Corp. signs a memorandum of understanding with a consortium led by Bain Capital to accelerate negotiations to sell its flash memory business by the end of September.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2017
Toshiba chip deal stalls amid counteroffers; Apple joins fray
Western Digital deal with Toshiba stalls as the Japan tech giant fielded last-minute new offers for its flash memory business.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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