- Western Digital Corp WDC resumed talks with Japan's Kioxia Holdings Corp in a deal that could unite two technology storage providers.
- The parties discussed merging into one publicly traded company, Bloomberg reports.
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- Kioxia spun off from Toshiba Corp TOSYY, and Western Digital operate a joint flash memory chip plant in central Japan's Yokkaichi.
- In June, U.S.-based memory chip firm Western Digital disclosed reviewing strategic alternatives, including options for splitting off its flash-memory and hard disk drive businesses, Reuters reports.
- Talks between the two companies had stalled over valuation discrepancies and uncertainty over securing approval from the Japanese government, failing to yield what could have been a $20 billion transaction.
- Price Action: WDC shares traded higher by 2.87% at $34.00 in the premarket on the last check Thursday.
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