By Benjamin Horney (September 5, 2017, 5:08 PM EDT) -- Western Digital Corp. is willing to take its hat out of the ring in the battle to buy Toshiba Corp.'s sought-after memory chip business in return for a stronger position in a joint venture between Western Digital and Toshiba, according to a Tuesday report from Reuters. Western Digital and Toshiba are joint venture partners at Toshiba's main plant in central Japan, a fact that was making negotiations with a group featuring Western Digital and other bidders difficult due to antitrust concerns, the report said. Toshiba's board is expected to meet this week, the report said. Last week, Toshiba said there were three potential buyer groups vying for the Toshiba Memory Corp. business. ...