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1. Shard Calculation

Query:

Response:

Calculated Shard: 16 (from laksa083)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa016.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67757333\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67757333\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-67757333","crawl_time":1773132662,"first_indexed_time":1703052652,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,bbc!www,\/news\/business-67757333 s443","src_root_hash":"1643509356818581016","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"End of an era for electronics giant Toshiba","meta_descriptions":["Scandal, near-bankruptcy and uncertainty have plagued the 148-year-old company for almost a decade."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"20 December 2023\nSuranjana Tewari\nBBC News\nGetty Images\nToshiba was one of Japan's most successful brands\nThere was a time when more than one of your TVs, computers, speaker systems or other essential electronic goods would have been made by Toshiba.\nOnce a poster boy for Japan's dominance in electronics - known as Japan Inc - the company has delisted, ending a 74-year history with Tokyo's stock exchange.\nSo why did one of Japan's most famous industrial names have such a spectacular fall from grace?\nIt all started in 2015 when accounting malpractices across multiple divisions came to light, with many of them involving top management.\nFor seven years, Toshiba had overstated its profit by $1.59bn (£1.25bn).\nIn 2020, Toshiba found further accounting irregularities.\nThere were also allegations related to corporate governance and the way in which shareholder decisions were made.\nAn investigation in 2021 found that Toshiba had colluded with Japan's trade ministry - which saw Toshiba as a strategic asset - to suppress the interests of foreign investors.\nAt the time, experts said this made foreign investors uncertain about investing in Japanese stocks, making it not just a Toshiba problem, but an issue for Japan's entire stock market.\nIn late 2016, Toshiba said it would take charge of several billion dollars related to the construction of a nuclear power plant that US unit Westinghouse Electric had bought a year earlier.\nThree months later, Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy leaving Toshiba facing a collapse of its nuclear business and more than $6bn in liabilities.\nIt sold off a slew of businesses including mobile phones, medical systems and white goods.\nThen it was forced to put its chip unit Toshiba Memory up for sale - a deal that was delayed for several months over a dispute with one of its partners.\nToshiba set to end 74-year stock market history\nAt a time when companies were investing heavily in the future of technology and innovation, Toshiba was having to sell off a prized asset to raise cash.\nToshiba managed to secure a $5.4bn cash injection at the end of 2017 from overseas investors, helping it to avoid a forced delisting.\nBut that meant activist shareholders had more say in the direction of the company.\nThat lead to protracted battles that paralysed the maker of batteries, chips and nuclear and defence equipment.\nAfter a great deal of back and forth over whether the company should split up into smaller companies, Toshiba set up a committee to explore whether it could be taken private.\nIn June 2022, Toshiba received eight buyout proposals.\nEarlier this year, the company confirmed it would be taken over by a group of Japanese investors led by state-backed Japan Investment Corp (JIC) for $14bn.\nIt's not clear how the new owners plan to turn around Toshiba but its outgoing chairman has said high-margin digital services will be a focus.\nJIP does have a track record in carving out businesses from big manufacturers including Sony's laptop division and Olympus's camera unit.\nAfter acquiring Sony's Vaio laptop business in 2014, it helped the company achieve record sales this last year.\nBut Toshiba is a much bigger company and the stakes are high: Toshiba employs around 106,000 people and some of its operations are seen as critical to national security.","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-67757333#main-content)\n\n[Register](https:\/\/session.bbc.com\/session?action=register&userOrigin=BBCS_BBC&ptrt=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fbusiness-67757333)\n\n[Sign In](https:\/\/session.bbc.com\/session?userOrigin=BBCS_BBC&ptrt=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fbusiness-67757333)\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/)\n- [News](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news)\n- [Sport](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport)\n- [Business](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/business)\n- [Technology](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/technology)\n- [Health](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/health)\n- [Culture](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture)\n- [Arts](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/arts)\n- [Travel](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel)\n- [Earth](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future-planet)\n- [Audio](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/audio)\n- [Video](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/video)\n- [Live](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/live)\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/home)\n- [News](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news)\n  - 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known as Japan Inc - the company has delisted, ending a 74-year history with Tokyo's stock exchange.\n\nSo why did one of Japan's most famous industrial names have such a spectacular fall from grace?\n\nIt all started in 2015 when accounting malpractices across multiple divisions came to light, with many of them involving top management.\n\nFor seven years, Toshiba had overstated its profit by \\$1.59bn (£1.25bn).\n\nIn 2020, Toshiba found further accounting irregularities.\n\nThere were also allegations related to corporate governance and the way in which shareholder decisions were made.\n\nAn investigation in 2021 found that Toshiba had colluded with Japan's trade ministry - which saw Toshiba as a strategic asset - to suppress the interests of foreign investors.\n\nAt the time, experts said this made foreign investors uncertain about investing in Japanese stocks, making it not just a Toshiba problem, but an issue for Japan's entire stock market.\n\nIn late 2016, Toshiba said it would take charge of several billion dollars related to the construction of a nuclear power plant that US unit Westinghouse Electric had bought a year earlier.\n\nThree months later, Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy leaving Toshiba facing a collapse of its nuclear business and more than \\$6bn in liabilities.\n\nIt sold off a slew of businesses including mobile phones, medical systems and white goods.\n\nThen it was forced to put its chip unit Toshiba Memory up for sale - a deal that was delayed for several months over a dispute with one of its partners.\n\n- [Toshiba set to end 74-year stock market history](https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-66874016)\n\nAt a time when companies were investing heavily in the future of technology and innovation, Toshiba was having to sell off a prized asset to raise cash.\n\nToshiba managed to secure a \\$5.4bn cash injection at the end of 2017 from overseas investors, helping it to avoid a forced delisting.\n\nBut that meant activist shareholders had more say in the direction of the company.\n\nThat lead to protracted battles that paralysed the maker of batteries, chips and nuclear and defence equipment.\n\nAfter a great deal of back and forth over whether the company should split up into smaller companies, Toshiba set up a committee to explore whether it could be taken private.\n\nIn June 2022, Toshiba received eight buyout proposals.\n\nEarlier this year, the company confirmed it would be taken over by a group of Japanese investors led by state-backed Japan Investment Corp (JIC) for \\$14bn.\n\nIt's not clear how the new owners plan to turn around Toshiba but its outgoing chairman has said high-margin digital services will be a focus.\n\nJIP does have a track record in carving out businesses from big manufacturers including Sony's laptop division and Olympus's camera unit.\n\nAfter acquiring Sony's Vaio laptop business in 2014, it helped the company achieve record sales this last year.\n\nBut Toshiba is a much bigger company and the stakes are high: Toshiba employs around 106,000 people and some of its operations are seen as critical to national security.\n\n[US Steel to be bought by Japan's Nippon for \\$15bn](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-67752123)\n\n[Japanese giant Toshiba announces breakup plan](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-59229996)\n\n[Japan economy gets major boost from weak currency](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-66506126)\n\n[Companies](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business\/companies)\n\n[Japan](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/topics\/cjnwl8q4g7nt)\n\n***\nRelated\n\n[Faisal Islam: Trump comments may have eased oil price surge, but havoc remains](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cz7g5vv2gejo)\n\n[Trump says US Navy will protect ships in Middle East 'if necessary'](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c20zg54g5vvo)\n\n[Jack Dorsey's Block cuts thousands of jobs as it embraces AI](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cq570d12y9do)\n\n***\nMore from the BBC\n\n[4 days ago ![An image showing Dominic LeBlanc. 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Boilerpipe Text	20 December 2023 Suranjana Tewari BBC News Getty Images Toshiba was one of Japan's most successful brands There was a time when more than one of your TVs, computers, speaker systems or other essential electronic goods would have been made by Toshiba. Once a poster boy for Japan's dominance in electronics - known as Japan Inc - the company has delisted, ending a 74-year history with Tokyo's stock exchange. So why did one of Japan's most famous industrial names have such a spectacular fall from grace? It all started in 2015 when accounting malpractices across multiple divisions came to light, with many of them involving top management. For seven years, Toshiba had overstated its profit by $1.59bn (£1.25bn). In 2020, Toshiba found further accounting irregularities. There were also allegations related to corporate governance and the way in which shareholder decisions were made. An investigation in 2021 found that Toshiba had colluded with Japan's trade ministry - which saw Toshiba as a strategic asset - to suppress the interests of foreign investors. At the time, experts said this made foreign investors uncertain about investing in Japanese stocks, making it not just a Toshiba problem, but an issue for Japan's entire stock market. In late 2016, Toshiba said it would take charge of several billion dollars related to the construction of a nuclear power plant that US unit Westinghouse Electric had bought a year earlier. Three months later, Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy leaving Toshiba facing a collapse of its nuclear business and more than $6bn in liabilities. It sold off a slew of businesses including mobile phones, medical systems and white goods. Then it was forced to put its chip unit Toshiba Memory up for sale - a deal that was delayed for several months over a dispute with one of its partners. Toshiba set to end 74-year stock market history At a time when companies were investing heavily in the future of technology and innovation, Toshiba was having to sell off a prized asset to raise cash. Toshiba managed to secure a $5.4bn cash injection at the end of 2017 from overseas investors, helping it to avoid a forced delisting. But that meant activist shareholders had more say in the direction of the company. That lead to protracted battles that paralysed the maker of batteries, chips and nuclear and defence equipment. After a great deal of back and forth over whether the company should split up into smaller companies, Toshiba set up a committee to explore whether it could be taken private. In June 2022, Toshiba received eight buyout proposals. Earlier this year, the company confirmed it would be taken over by a group of Japanese investors led by state-backed Japan Investment Corp (JIC) for $14bn. It's not clear how the new owners plan to turn around Toshiba but its outgoing chairman has said high-margin digital services will be a focus. JIP does have a track record in carving out businesses from big manufacturers including Sony's laptop division and Olympus's camera unit. After acquiring Sony's Vaio laptop business in 2014, it helped the company achieve record sales this last year. But Toshiba is a much bigger company and the stakes are high: Toshiba employs around 106,000 people and some of its operations are seen as critical to national security.
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Once a poster boy for Japan's dominance in electronics - known as Japan Inc - the company has delisted, ending a 74-year history with Tokyo's stock exchange. So why did one of Japan's most famous industrial names have such a spectacular fall from grace? It all started in 2015 when accounting malpractices across multiple divisions came to light, with many of them involving top management. For seven years, Toshiba had overstated its profit by \$1.59bn (£1.25bn). In 2020, Toshiba found further accounting irregularities. There were also allegations related to corporate governance and the way in which shareholder decisions were made. An investigation in 2021 found that Toshiba had colluded with Japan's trade ministry - which saw Toshiba as a strategic asset - to suppress the interests of foreign investors. At the time, experts said this made foreign investors uncertain about investing in Japanese stocks, making it not just a Toshiba problem, but an issue for Japan's entire stock market. In late 2016, Toshiba said it would take charge of several billion dollars related to the construction of a nuclear power plant that US unit Westinghouse Electric had bought a year earlier. Three months later, Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy leaving Toshiba facing a collapse of its nuclear business and more than \$6bn in liabilities. It sold off a slew of businesses including mobile phones, medical systems and white goods. Then it was forced to put its chip unit Toshiba Memory up for sale - a deal that was delayed for several months over a dispute with one of its partners. - [Toshiba set to end 74-year stock market history](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66874016) At a time when companies were investing heavily in the future of technology and innovation, Toshiba was having to sell off a prized asset to raise cash. Toshiba managed to secure a \$5.4bn cash injection at the end of 2017 from overseas investors, helping it to avoid a forced delisting. 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Readable Markdown	20 December 2023 Suranjana TewariBBC News ![Getty Images The Toshiba Corp. logo at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (Ceatec) in Chiba, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/5513/production/_132097712_toshgetty.jpg.webp)Getty Images Toshiba was one of Japan's most successful brands There was a time when more than one of your TVs, computers, speaker systems or other essential electronic goods would have been made by Toshiba. Once a poster boy for Japan's dominance in electronics - known as Japan Inc - the company has delisted, ending a 74-year history with Tokyo's stock exchange. So why did one of Japan's most famous industrial names have such a spectacular fall from grace? It all started in 2015 when accounting malpractices across multiple divisions came to light, with many of them involving top management. For seven years, Toshiba had overstated its profit by \$1.59bn (£1.25bn). In 2020, Toshiba found further accounting irregularities. There were also allegations related to corporate governance and the way in which shareholder decisions were made. An investigation in 2021 found that Toshiba had colluded with Japan's trade ministry - which saw Toshiba as a strategic asset - to suppress the interests of foreign investors. At the time, experts said this made foreign investors uncertain about investing in Japanese stocks, making it not just a Toshiba problem, but an issue for Japan's entire stock market. In late 2016, Toshiba said it would take charge of several billion dollars related to the construction of a nuclear power plant that US unit Westinghouse Electric had bought a year earlier. Three months later, Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy leaving Toshiba facing a collapse of its nuclear business and more than \$6bn in liabilities. It sold off a slew of businesses including mobile phones, medical systems and white goods. Then it was forced to put its chip unit Toshiba Memory up for sale - a deal that was delayed for several months over a dispute with one of its partners. - [Toshiba set to end 74-year stock market history](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66874016) At a time when companies were investing heavily in the future of technology and innovation, Toshiba was having to sell off a prized asset to raise cash. Toshiba managed to secure a \$5.4bn cash injection at the end of 2017 from overseas investors, helping it to avoid a forced delisting. But that meant activist shareholders had more say in the direction of the company. That lead to protracted battles that paralysed the maker of batteries, chips and nuclear and defence equipment. After a great deal of back and forth over whether the company should split up into smaller companies, Toshiba set up a committee to explore whether it could be taken private. In June 2022, Toshiba received eight buyout proposals. Earlier this year, the company confirmed it would be taken over by a group of Japanese investors led by state-backed Japan Investment Corp (JIC) for \$14bn. It's not clear how the new owners plan to turn around Toshiba but its outgoing chairman has said high-margin digital services will be a focus. JIP does have a track record in carving out businesses from big manufacturers including Sony's laptop division and Olympus's camera unit. After acquiring Sony's Vaio laptop business in 2014, it helped the company achieve record sales this last year. But Toshiba is a much bigger company and the stakes are high: Toshiba employs around 106,000 people and some of its operations are seen as critical to national security.
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