Toshiba (tosbf, +1.61%) said it resumed blocking access by Western Digital (wdc, -0.21%)to data at their memory chip joint venture, intensifying its dispute with the U.S. firm over the Japanese company's planned sale of the chip business.
Toshiba is counting on the sale of the chip business to cover billions of dollars in cost overruns at its now bankrupt U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse, while Western Digital says any deal would require its consent. read the rest here