News Headlines - 15 March 2016

▽Toshiba finds more accounting errors, promises improvement | Reuters

The laptops-to-nuclear conglomerate said it had overstated past profits by 5.8 billion yen ($51.30 million) on a pretax basis due to seven new accounting errors, on top of the 224.8 billion in overstated profits it has already announced.

▽Toshiba in talks to sell white goods business to China's Midea- Nikkei Asian Review

Toshiba is in late-stage negotiations to sell its white goods business to Chinese household appliance giant Midea Group, a move that would mark another chapter in Japan's drastically changing home electronics industry.

▽Minecraft to run artificial intelligence experiments - BBC News

Microsoft, owner of the popular video game, revealed that computer scientists and amateurs will be able to evaluate and develop AI software using its virtual landscapes from July.

▽Myanmar elects Htin Kyaw as first civilian president in decades - BBC News

Myanmar's parliament has elected Htin Kyaw as the country's next president, the first civilian leader after more than 50 years of military rule.

▽World copying Japan’s slow-puncture economy: HSBC

The global economy appears to be trapped in Japan-style stagnation, HSBC's high-profile senior economic adviser said on Tuesday, adding his voice to the chorus of economist warnings.