Nikkei edges up in thin trade; Toshiba plummets

TOKYO, Dec 27 Japan’s Nikkei share average edged up on Tuesday morning in thin trade while Toshiba Corp plummeted on news that it was considering booking a goodwill impairment loss of several hundreds of billion yen. The Nikkei gained 0.2 percent to 19,443 …
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