Toshiba to buy Swiss firm Landis+Gyr for $2.3 bln

By Juro Osawa (Adds background and comments on implications of deal.) TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Toshiba Corp. (6502.TO) said Thursday it has agreed to buy advanced-power-meter maker Landis+Gyr for $2.3 billion, as the Japanese electronics giant prepares to...