Cook weighs Apple's biggest deal

Valued chips: Toshiba Corp’s Exceria micro secure digital high capacity (microSDHC) memory cards are arranged for a photograph in Tokyo, Japan. Apple is in talks to invest about US3bil in Toshiba Corp’s memory chips business as part of a consortium led by Bain Capital. — Bloomberg

iPhone maker seeks to protect chips supply by investing in Toshiba Corp

IT’S been a busy week for Apple Inc. While Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook showed off the 10th anniversary iPhone in California, his lieutenants worked half a world away on what may become the company’s largest deal ever.