According to a report from the Nikkei Business Daily newspaper, Fujitsu is in talks to sell its hard drive business to Western Digital. The two companies are in the latter stage of negotiations over the deal and hope to reach agreement before the end of this year, the report said. The proposed deal would see Fujitsu sell its entire hard-disk drive unit, including plants in Japan, the Philippines and Thailand that employ around 15,000 people, for between $661 million to $944 million, the newspaper reported. Neither company could be reached for comment.