Toshiba Corporation
Toshiba to raise $2 bn from Swiss smart meter group Landis+Gyr sale
03 Mar 2017
Toshiba initially acquired the whole of Landis+Gyr in 2011 for $2.3 billion and a month later sold a 40-per cent stake to state-backed Innovation Network Corporation of Japan for $680 million
Toshiba seeking $8.8 bn for majority stake in chip business: report
21 Feb 2017
Debt-laden Toshiba Corp is trying to raise at least $8.8 billion from a majority stake sale in its flash memory business to save the group from the impact of a $6.3 billion write-down of its US nuclear business
Toshiba plunges into loss after $6.3-bn nuclear business write-down
14 Feb 2017
Shigenori Shiga, a former Westinghouse boss brought in as chairman of scandal-hit Toshiba, stepped down after the huge nuclear business write-down
Toshiba books loss on its US nuclear operations
27 Dec 2016
Canon to buy Toshiba's medical equipment business for $5.9 bn
17 Mar 2016
As part of a 5-year strategic transformation initiative, launched early this year, Canon will expand its healthcare business, integrating it within the safety and security sector, as a next-generation pillar of growth
Suitors in race to buy Toshiba's medical equipment unit valued at over $3 bn
27 Jan 2016
PE firm KKR & Co has teamed up with Mitsui & Co, Permira has joined hands with Konica Minolta, while Carlyle Group has roped in Sony Corp to bid for Toshiba Medical Systems
Toshiba prepares to sell part of chip business
23 Jan 2016
Toshiba sells 4.6% stake in Finnish elevator maker Kone Oyj for $946 mn amid accounting scandal
22 Jul 2015
Toshiba's president Hisao Tanaka, two others resign over accounting scandal
21 Jul 2015
Toshiba's top executives set unrealistic profit targets that systematically led to accounting irregularities, which were “skillfully” hidden from outside observers
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