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Toshiba in talks with Western Digital, Foxconn over chip unit sale

ToshibaCorp(6502.T)isintalkswithWesternDigitalCorp(WDC.O)andTaiwan'sFoxconn,aswellaswithanalreadypreferredbidder,asitseekstoreviveastalled$18billionsaleofitschi

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Western Digital says it matched rivals' bids for Toshiba chip unit

WesternDigitalCorpsaiditmatchedrivalbidders'offerstoacquireJapaneseconglomerateToshibaCorp'sflashmemoryunitaheadofacourthearingonFridayoverwhethertohalttheaucti

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Sri Lanka imposes new tax on neglected lands as dengue epidemic worsens

ByAPDWriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,July10(APD)-TheSriLankangovernment,onMondaysaiditwouldimposeanewtaxonabandonedlandsintheWesternProvinceasthedeathtollfromthedengu

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Western Digital says Toshiba's actions in chip spat harm customers

WesternDigitalCorpsaidonThursdaythatlegalactionandothermovestakenbyToshibaCorpintheirdisputeoverthesaleofitsprizedmemorychipunitwereharmingToshiba'sstakeholders

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Toshiba faces shareholders with no chip unit deal signed

Japan'sToshibaCorpfacedshareholdersatitsannualmeetingonWednesdaywithnodealinhandforthesaleofitsprizedflashmemorychipunitandalonglistofhumiliatingsetbackstoapolo

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Toshiba is told to fix chip spat with Western Digital

A Japanese government-led consortium has told Toshiba Corp it needs to resolve its legal dispute with Western Digital Corp before it will invest in the firm's chip unit, sources briefed on the matter said.

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Toshiba is told to fix chip spat with Western Digital

AJapanesegovernment-ledconsortiumhastoldToshibaCorpitneedstoresolveitslegaldisputewithWesternDigitalCorpbeforeitwillinvestinthefirm'schipunit,sourcesbriefedonth

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Western Digital to raise Toshiba chip offer to $18 billion or more

Western Digital Corp (WDC.O) plans to raise its offer for Toshiba Corp's (6502.T) prized semiconductor unit to 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) or more, a person familiar with the matter said, marking a last-ditch effort to clinch a deal that both companies consider vital.

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Western Digital to raise Toshiba chip offer to $18 billion or more

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Western Digital takes legal action to block sale of Toshiba's chip unit

WesternDigitalCorp(WDC.O)hassoughtinternationalarbitrationtostoppartnerToshibaCorp(6502.T)fromsellingitschipsarmwithoutitsconsent,potentiallyderailingamuch-need

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Migrants to EU by sea fall by two-thirds in 2016: Frontex

The total number of migrants reaching Europe by sea in 2016 fell by nearly two-thirds in comparison with 2015, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency said Friday.

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Truth about South China Sea should not be misrepresented by Western media

On the South China Sea issue, some Western media have spared no efforts to make "news", tapping lies to cover the truth and misguide public opinions thereon, which is considered by experts and scholars to be unfair and misleading.

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10 pct teenagers in Western Pacific region use tobacoo: report

A report titled Youth and Tobacco in the Western Pacific Region: global youth tobacco survey 2005-2014 said at least 4.2 million students in Western Pacific countries are cigarette smokers.

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Australian zoo celebrates double rhino milestone

Sydney's Taronga Western Plains Zoo has celebrated the milestones of two of its rhino calves.

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MH370 search vessel finds 19th century shipwreck

​One of the vessels in search of the missing Malaysian Airline MH370 off the coast of Western Australia has found a shipwreck dated back to probably the turn of the 19th century, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) for the search of MH370 said in its weekly report on Wednesday.

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China's Novel winner calls discovery 'lifesaving' TCM gift

Tu Youyou, China's first Nobel laureate for medicine, described her discovery of the anti-malaria treatment artemisinin as Western medicine inspired by long-established knowledge from traditional Chinese medicine.

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Western powers mainly responsible for refugee crisis, should do more

​When boats packed with refugees capsized in the Mediterranean, resulting in countless deaths, Western powers ought to acknowledge their responsibilities for the tragedies, and should do more to embrace the hopeless.