text: Toshiba Dives On Nuclear Woes, S&P Warns Over Rating | KazWorld.info
  Toshiba said that it will pay JPY18.9 billion (equivalent to US$170 million) to acquire 3% equity interests in Westinghouse Electric.
  Currently, Toshiba is interested in 87% stakes in Westinghouse Electric while KazAtomProm owns 10% stakes in the company.
  Toshiba Corp. is a world leader and innovator in pioneering high technology, a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products spanning information and communications equipment and systems; Internet-based solutions and services; digital consumer products; electronic devices and components; power systems, including nuclear energy; industrial and social infrastructure systems and household appliances. Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 740 companies, with more than 199,000 employees worldwide.
  At the corporate level, in 2007 Kazatomprom purchased a 10% share in Westinghouse. According to its contract with Toshiba, Kazatomprom, the Kazakh state atomic power company, can also exercise its option to sell its 10 per cent stake from Oct 1.