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Toshiba to consider an IPO for its memory chip unit if $18 billion sale fails to gain antitrust approval by March
•A Toshiba spokeswoman said there had been no change in its efforts to complete the sale of the chip unit.
Globally semiconductor sales expected to rise in 2018 says financial service company IHS Markit
Ians •The demand for DRAM could hit $84.4 billion, a gain of 16.9 percent from 2017, it said.
Toshiba and Western Digital agree in principle settle the dispute over memory chip unit
•Toshiba’s board has approved a framework for a settlement and is aiming to reach a final agreement by next week.
Seagate pledges not to buy any stake in Toshiba's memory chip unit for the next 10 years
•Seagate has committed up to $1.25 billion to finance the purchase of the chip unit — world’s second-biggest producer of NAND flash memory semiconductors.
Toshiba is expected to suffer a net loss of $1 billion in taxes related to the sale of its memory chip unit
•Toshiba said that due to the tax impact, it expects a loss of 110 billion yen ($970 million) in the year to March.
Toshiba signs $18 billion deal to sell its chip unit to a consortium lead by Bain Capital
•Japan’s Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it had signed an $18 billion deal to sell its chip unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital LP.
Western Digital to seek an injunction for blocking Toshiba's memory chip business sale
•Western Digital's actions come after Toshiba's decision to sell the unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital LP and South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix.
Toshiba wrestles with last minute delays on its $18 billion memory chip business sale
•Sources familiar with the matter confirmed consortium members were still wrangling over details of their agreement.
Toshiba chooses Bain Capital as the buyer of its memory chip business
•Japan’s embattled Toshiba Corp has chosen a group led by U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital to buy its prized memory chip unit.
Bain Capital names Dell and other tech firms as part of it consortium to bid for Toshiba chip unit
•Toshiba said this week it has agreed to focus on selling the world’s No. 2 NAND producer to a group led by Bain and South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc.