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NEW YORK -- SoftBank Group will jointly invest $500 million in the Chinese operation of U.S. shared office space giant WeWork with local investment company Hony Capital. [1]

SoftBankSoftBank reviews $3bn tender offer for WeWork shares Tech conglomerate moves to cut exposure as stock slides to more than 3-year low SoftBank's Masayoshi Son appears to be scrambling to trim his conglomerate's exposure to the global stock mar... (confirmed by 3 sources) [2]

TOKYO/NEW YORK -- Two years after launching the mammoth Vision Fund, SoftBank Group chief Masayoshi Son is facing his first big test, as he doubles down on his investment in WeWork despite an avalanche of problems the coworking startup has faced. [3]

CompaniesOffice blues: SoftBank under fire as WeWork value shrinks Investors scrutinize unicorns force-fed with jumbo-size financing An employee is seen behind the logo of WeWork during the SoftBank World 2018 conference in Tokyo, last July. [4]

TOKYO -- Japan's SoftBank Group is in talks to take a majority stake in U.S. shared office space provider WeWork, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. [5]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-07-28 · 100% match

SoftBank to fund WeWork's China operation

NEW YORK -- SoftBank Group will jointly invest $500 million in the Chinese operation of U.S. shared office space giant WeWork with local investment company Hony Capital.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-03-18 · 100% match

SoftBank reviews $3bn tender offer for WeWork shares

SoftBankSoftBank reviews $3bn tender offer for WeWork shares Tech conglomerate moves to cut exposure as stock slides to more than 3-year low SoftBank's Masayoshi Son appears to be scrambling to trim his conglomerate's exposure to the global stock mar

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-10-24 · 100% match

All in for WeWork: SoftBank lays out 'comeback' blueprint

TOKYO/NEW YORK -- Two years after launching the mammoth Vision Fund, SoftBank Group chief Masayoshi Son is facing his first big test, as he doubles down on his investment in WeWork despite an avalanche of problems the coworking startup has faced.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-09-07 · 100% match

Office blues: SoftBank under fire as WeWork value shrinks

CompaniesOffice blues: SoftBank under fire as WeWork value shrinks Investors scrutinize unicorns force-fed with jumbo-size financing An employee is seen behind the logo of WeWork during the SoftBank World 2018 conference in Tokyo, last July.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-10-10 · 100% match

SoftBank in talks to take majority stake in WeWork, WSJ reports

TOKYO -- Japan's SoftBank Group is in talks to take a majority stake in U.S. shared office space provider WeWork, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-03-19 · 100% match

SoftBank Group falls 17% after Uber plunges and WeWork worries

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group shares tumbled 17% on Thursday, marking a seven-day losing streak after exposure to Uber and WeWork weighed on forecasts for the group.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-11-07 · 100% match

WeWork to add two new locations in Vietnam this year

HANOI -- After announcing plans to expand its presence in Singapore, co-working space provider WeWork is now set to open two new locations in Vietnam before the end of the year.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-09-26 · 100% match

SoftBank struggles to rein in herd as WeWork goes rogue

NEW YORK/TOKYO -- The resignation of Adam Neumann from his post as CEO of WeWork exposes the cracks in the "herd" strategy espoused by Masayoshi Son, the chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group, the top shareholder of the office-sharing startup.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-09-19 · 100% match

WeWork troubles give Chinese unicorns the chills

NEW YORK -- The cold shoulder the market has given SoftBank Group-backed office-sharing platform WeWork has sent chills to Chinese startups that dreamed of making it big with U.S. listings.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-11-22 · 100% match

A WeWork that works? TKP turns heads by turning profits

TOKYO -- Hours before WeWork withdrew its initial public offering on Sept. 30, a Tokyo-listed competitor priced its own shares in a public offering that added more than $200 million to its coffers.

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