Struggling with a major accounting scandal, Toshiba tries to sell down $7b U.S. gas commitment

Struggling with a major accounting scandal, Toshiba tries to sell down $7b U.S. gas commitment

A man walks on a Toshiba advertisement at an electronics shop in Tokyo September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Japan’s Toshiba, struggling with a major accounting scandal, is trying to sell down a $7.4 billion commitment to U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG), which it signed two years ago as part of a plan to sweeten sales of turbines for power plants.

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