FT News in Focus

What’s next for WeWork

SoftBank changed course when it scaled back plans for an investment in WeWork from $16bn to $2bn. The FT’s Eric Platt spoke with US business editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson about what led to the cut in investment and why an IPO might come sooner than expected. Read Eric’s reporting <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/81ff92f6-1423-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e" target="_blank">here</a> and Andrew’s profile on WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/20900d4c-1582-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e" target="_blank">here</a>. Contributors: Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US business editor and Eric Platt, US mergers &amp; acquisitions correspondent. Producer: Jennifer Sigl. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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