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Toshiba sues Western Digital for meddling in memory chips unit sale
28 Jun 2017
Toshiba has sued Western Digital for 120bn yen ($1bn), accusing it of interfering in the attempted sale of its flash memory business
Toshiba to sell its memory chips business for $19 billion
21 Jun 2017
The loss-hit Japanese conglomerate hopes to come out of the red with the sale of the spun-off semiconductor unit to a consortium of Japanese investors and private equity fund Bain Capital
Intel cautions Qualcomm and partners over possible patent infringement from x86 emulation
10 Jun 2017
Toshiba misses results deadline again, projects $8.4-bn loss
15 May 2017
Toshiba has missed a 15 May deadline to file its annual results, but warned that it was likely to report a net loss of $8.4 bn for the financial year ended 31 March 2017
Silver Lake, Broadcom table $17.9-bn bid for Toshiba’s chip unit
31 Mar 2017
Toshiba is ready to sell a majority stake or even its entire stake in the Nand memory chip unit, its most valuable business, to cover losses from its Westinghouse N-power plant business
Intel to buy Israeli driverless car systems maker Mobileye for $15.3 bn
14 Mar 2017
After the meger, the combined global autonomous driving company, will consist of Mobileye and Intel’s Automated Driving Group, which will be based in Israel
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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