Sources: Hitachi may sell stake in hard drive unit

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Sources: Hitachi may sell stake in hard drive unit

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Facing competition from makers of flash memory drives, company also might seek a fund to invest in and help revive the business.

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more research
by wcoffey81 September 28, 2007 5:55 AM PDT: it seems to me that any company with an extra 2 Billion laying around would have done more research before buying ibm's hard drive division to begin with. the nickname of "deathstar" should have been the first clue as to the quality of what they were buying.; Like this Reply to this comment

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