Western Digital pulls away with hard drive deal


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SAN FRANCISCO: Western Digital Corp is trying to pull further away in its neck-and-neck race with Seagate Technology PLC to be the world’s biggest maker of hard drives.

Western Digital announced that it’s paying US$4.3bil (RM13.8bil) in cash and stock to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.

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