Toshiba Set to Propose Link with Olympus, Japanese Report

(Reuters) -- Toshiba <6502.T> is set to propose an equity tie-in with scandal-hit camera and medical equipment maker Olympus Corp <7733.T>, an industry newspaper said Monday.

A maker of everything from nuclear power plants to rice cookers, Toshiba joins a long list of companies, including Sony Corp <6758.T> and Fujifilm, <4901.T> believed to be interested in an alliance with Olympus, whose endoscope business is highly profitable.

Toshiba is expected to submit a business plan to Olympus's financial advisers, the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper said.

(Reporting by Isabel Reynolds; Editing by Joseph Radford)