Fujitsu, Western Digital in Hard-Drive Talks

Japan's

Fujitsu

is in talks with

Western Digital

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and others on the sale of its money-losing hard drive business,

Reuters

reports, in a deal one newspaper estimated could be worth $945 million.

Fujitsu, which competes in the hard-drive business with

Seagate Technology

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, Western Digital and

Hitachi

(HIT)

, aims to sell the business by year-end,

Reuters

reports, citing a source.

Fujitsu and Western Digital are negotiating a price of $662 million to $945 million, the

Nikkei

business daily reported.

In a statement Thursday, Fujitsu said there is no "factual basis for this media report."

This article was written by a staff member of TheStreet.com.