A consortium led by Bain Capital has made a revised last-ditch offer for Toshiba Corp’s chip unit worth about US$18 billion, bringing in Apple Inc. to help bolster its bid, Reuters reports, citing sou ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-31
A consortium led by Western Digital Corp is close to an agreement to buy Toshiba Corp.’s US$17.4 billion chip business, with the US firm’s CEO in Tokyo to finalize the long and contentious talks, Reut ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-29
日本《朝日新聞》昨天報道,東芝已同意將旗下晶片業務售予包括其美國夥伴Western Digital(WD)的美 ...全文
路透引述消息報道,東芝在晶片業務的美國夥伴Western Digital(WD)將率領一個美日財團,出價1.9 ...全文
東芝出售晶片業務峰迴路轉,日本傳媒報道,東芝現時優先跟美國半導體商Western Digital(WD)為首的 ...全文
Toshiba Corporation has sued Western Digital for 120 billion yen (US$1.1 billion), accusing the US firm of interfering in the attempted sale of the Japanese technology giant's flash-memory chip unit. ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-29
Toshiba Corp. said on Wednesday its board has chosen a Japanese government-led consortium as the preferred bidder for the conglomerate's prized flash memory chip business, Reuters reports. The group c ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-21
The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index declined 1.8 percent last Friday after Goldman Sachs warned of a “valuation air-pocket” in five leading tech stocks dubbed as FAAMG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Micr ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-14
Toshiba Corp. aims to name a winner for its prized semiconductor business next week, Reuters reports, citing people familiar with the matter. Sources told the news agency the choice has narrowed to on ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-08
Western Digital Corp has sought international arbitration to stop partner Toshiba Corp from selling its chips arm without its consent, potentially derailing a much-needed capital injection for the Jap ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-15
Toshiba Corp.’s memory-chip unit has drawn bidders from South Korea, the US and Taiwan, and some involved in the process see advantages to a deal with Western Digital Corp., the Wall Street Journal re ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-08
Western Digital Corp. has agreed to buy SanDisk Corp. for about US$19 billion in cash and stock in a deal that moves the disk drive maker into a faster-growing business segment. SanDisk is a major sup ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
Hard disk drive maker Western Digital Corp. has emerged as the strongest suitor of SanDisk Corp. in a potential acquisiton deal for the US$14.6 billion memory chip maker. Western Digital and SanDisk a ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-20
As the blockbuster deal that would see faded PC giant Dell buy leading memory products maker EMC (EMC.US) for US$67 billion makes headlines, I would look at two leading Chinese candidates whose names ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14