Toshiba agrees to sell chip business to Bain-led group for $18 billion
Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba agreed on Wednesday to sell its prized memory business to a consortium led by Bain Capital Private Equity. Toshiba, the world's second-largest producer of NAND memory chips, said the deal was worth about 2 trillion yen ($18 billion). The deal could potentially help Toshiba plug a hole left in its finances following the bankruptcy of U.S.…