Toshiba to Close the Book on Its Laptop Unit

Re:Toshiba to Close the Book on Its Laptop Unit by zero_one_one on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @10:31AM (#17237930)

I definitely would have gone for “close the lid” as a title rather than “close the book”. An opportunity for prime journalistic comedy missed!

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Re:Toshiba to Close the Book on Its Laptop Unit by sithadmin on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @10:44AM (#17238097)

I mean, it's WSJ. 'Closing the book' is a common idiom in the accounting/business world with specific connotation around ending a project/line of business.

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Re:Toshiba to Close the Book on Its Laptop Unit by acct1771 on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @12:42AM (#17244406)

Pretend they were making a pun on "notebook", and you're all set.

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