Lawyers

• Toshiba Chairman Resigns After Company Suffers $6.3B Loss In Nuclear Business

  Japanese electronics and energy giant Toshiba Corp. says its chairman is resigning to take responsibility for problems that will result in a $6.3-billion loss in its nuclear business.

• Toshiba in $5.9 asset sale, confirms SEC probe as accounting woes spread to U.S.

  Toshiba Corp declared a $5.9 billion asset sale and a big investment in its chip business. But the company saw its shares slide on a report that the SEC were probing accounting linked to its Westinghouse nuclear power unit.

• RadioShack files lawsuit against 5 big electronics companies

  After declaring bankruptcy in February 2015, RadioShack is now returning for another legal filed lawsuit against the biggests.

• Toshiba CEO steps down over accounting scandal

  Toshiba Corp's (6502.T) chief executive stepped down on Tuesday after an independent investigation found he had been aware the company had inflated its profits, in the country's biggest corporate scandal in years.

• Toshiba sets up new panel to expand accounting probe

  Toshiba Corp (6502.T) has set up a committee headed by a former prosecutor to broaden a probe of accounting irregularities that overstated operating profits by at least $420 million in recent years.

• NSA chief declines comment on spyware reports, says programs lawful

  The head of the National Security Agency refused to comment on Monday on reports that the U.S. government implants spyware on computer hard drives for surveillance purposes, saying "we fully comply with the law."

• Russian researchers expose breakthrough U.S. spying program

  The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives.