New blow for Sony as Toshiba recalls laptop batteries

Toshiba said today it was recalling worldwide 340,000 batteries made by Sony for its laptops, the latest in a series of embarrassing battery problems for the electronics giant.

The latest problem in the batteries causes the laptops to sometimes stop recharging or run out of power, but no injuries or other accidents have been reported, Toshiba spokesman Keisuke Omori said, while declining to give the number of reported problems.