Customers check Japanese electronics giant Panasonic's Blu-ray disc recorders at a Tokyo electric shop on February 17, 2008. Japan's Toshiba, which has led the HD DVD video discs format, plans to withdraw from the business as it is losing the battle against rival Sony's Blu-ray format Japanese public broadcaster NHK said February 16, 2008 without naming sources. Getty Images logo Getty Images 24 months ago

Customers check Japanese electronics giant Panasonic's Blu-ray disc recorders at a Tokyo electric shop on February 17, 2008. Japan's Toshiba, which has led the HD DVD video discs format, plans to withdraw from the business as it is losing the battle against rival Sony's Blu-ray format Japanese public broadcaster NHK said February 16, 2008 without naming sources.

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  12. A salesclerk adjusts a Toshiba computer at a booth selling products of the Japanese conglomerate at a Yamada Denki discount store in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Toshiba Corp. said Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, it booked a much smaller loss in the October-December quarter than a year earlier, due a recovery in its electronic components business.
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