Sharp, banks near US$1.7b bailout deal: source
Tokyo
JAPAN'S Sharp Corp and its main banks were set to agree on Thursday to a US$1.7 billion rescue-and-restructuring plan that will likely include a promise to split off its ailing smartphone display business, a person involved in the discussions said.
As part of its second major bailout in three years, Sharp's lenders, Mizuho Bank and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, will inject a combined 200 billion yen (S$2.3 billion) in a debt-for-equity swap, the source said, declining to be identified as he is …
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