Toshiba to 'aggressively consider' sale of most of Westinghouse

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Corp said on Tuesday it will speed up looking at whether it should sell a majority of its overseas power business.

The company plans to review the positioning of its U.S. power unit Westinghouse and "aggressively consider strategic options for it," the company said in a regulatory filing.

It also said it is aiming for an operating profit of 210 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in the year starting April 2019 - a target that excludes Westinghouse and its flagship memory chip business which it has put up for sale.

The conglomerate as a whole has estimated an operating loss of 410 billion yen for the year ending this March.

($1 = 114.8400 yen)

(Reporting by Makiko Yamazaki; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

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Toshiba to 'aggressively consider' sale of most of Westinghouse

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Corp said on Tuesday it will speed up looking at whether it should sell a majority of its overseas power business.

The company plans to review the positioning of its U.S. power unit Westinghouse and "aggressively consider strategic options for it," the company said in a regulatory filing.

It also said it is aiming for an operating profit of 210 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in the year starting April 2019 - a target that excludes Westinghouse and its flagship memory chip business which it has put up for sale.

The conglomerate as a whole has estimated an operating loss of 410 billion yen for the year ending this March.

($1 = 114.8400 yen)

(Reporting by Makiko Yamazaki; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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