Uncertainties over how Toshiba will run the nuclear power business and its financing scheme for the acquisition prompted investors to sell.
Quotes about toshiba (16 Quotes)
I just tried to get it somewhere near the hole. It was a moment that I will never, ever forget. It gave me chills and the best thing about it is that it happened in Southern California. Toshiba will remain special because it was the first place that I won.
Toshiba didn't have any choice because they don't want to launch even one player commercially that doesn't have a secure foundation to it.
Anything Toshiba does to bring back programs of the past that at one time made them a great partner is welcome. We all moved a lot of Toshiba product years ago, and their new programs look great. But they need to end the channel conflict.
China is one of the fastest growth markets for nuclear plants and Westinghouse is one of the largest players in this market. If Toshiba is going to expand, then Westinghouse is a favorable choice.
Toshiba can't back out of this format war for face-saving reasons, ... But pushing ahead means dealing with the Chinese sooner rather than later. They'll risk dealing with the Chinese if it means getting the format out quicker.
Toshiba is a strong company with a long record of business success, and will ensure that the decades-long contributions of Westinghouse to the nuclear industry -- and to the U.S. and global economies -- continue to grow.
With Westinghouse, Toshiba will be a global nuclear power business organization committed to delivering world-class nuclear power generation systems and services, backed up by proven technology, reliability and superb efficiency.
We had a buy on Toshiba in the last quarter of last year, on the basis we thought it was going to make more money out of its flash memory business. And indeed it did. But again, that stock did well and now valuations do not look attractive any more.
There are so many players. There is a lot of intellectual property that went into this, and companies like Philips and Toshiba and Sony will all look for a return on investment. That is what makes it a challenging debate. It's like the CD days. Everybody looks for a fair reward.
Technology stocks were bought as some news, like that about Toshiba today, surprised investors who weren't expecting much from the industry.
Consumers want their content portable, and the 79 percent increase in shipments of mobile disk drives into consumer devices in 2005 over 2004 is evidence of this dynamic. IDC attributes this growth to a combination of innovative disk drive designs and effective integration of HDD technology into consumer devices by companies like Toshiba.
What everybody needs to understand is Sony is not competing with Microsoft. Sony's competition is with Toshiba.
The first goal Pass the tenth-place boat, which was five miles ahead of the Toshiba Wave Warrior, within the next 12 hours. The crew members did it. Then, they overtook the next boat and the one after that. Some 1,000 miles later, the Wave Warrior stormed into Boston in third place. The race was all about learning The team that learned the fastest would win, ... My ambition was for the crew to learn so well that they wouldn't need me. I really feel that a leader's goal should be to make himself redundant.
As we previously said there were some efforts to have a common standard. Unfortunately we didn't reach an agreement. We do not have any program under which we will sit at the same table with Toshiba.
We are pleased to be able to enter into a contract that will secure the maximum return on the British taxpayers' investment and cement the continued leadership of Westinghouse in the nuclear energy field through the stewardship of the Toshiba Corporation.