The Irish Times

Patrick Freyne: Britain has four armed forces – army, navy, air force and Ross Kemp

Kemp is a celebrity vassal for Bridge of Lies, a whimsical TV entity that has needs

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00

WeWork loses $2.1bn and a quarter of its members as lockdowns bite

Settlement with ousted co-founder Adam Neumann also counted for about $500m

Thu May 20 2021 - 18:43

WeWork tells investors it lost €2.7bn last year as it woos them for Spac deal

Documents show co-work space company is aiming to go public at valuation of $9bn including debt

Tue Mar 23 2021 - 07:45

WeWork on track for profits in 2021, says chairman

New York-based company has slashed its workforce from a high of 14,000 last year to 5,600 currently

Sun Jul 12 2020 - 13:33

Revolut is the most hyped fintech in Europe. Can it grow up?

Investors have so far put more than $800m into the online bank

Wed May 06 2020 - 12:04

WeWork sues SoftBank after $3bn tender offer falls through

WeWork has been hit hard by Covid-19 with occupancy rates having plunged recently

Tue Apr 07 2020 - 15:22

SoftBank terminates $3bn WeWork tender offer

Early backers of shared office company expected to sue over collapse of deal

Thu Apr 02 2020 - 06:58

SoftBank warns it could back out of WeWork stock deal

Exit could leave flexible office space provider looking at bankruptcy

Wed Mar 18 2020 - 11:22

New WeWork CEO knows how to lead a company out of trouble

Sandeep Mathrani announced as new boss of real estate company

Mon Feb 03 2020 - 12:09

Winners and losers in a year of extremes in the business world

Green Reit and CRH among winners as Boeing, Denis O’Brien and RTÉ join losers

Fri Dec 27 2019 - 05:12

SoftBank’s $3bn WeWork financing talks stall with Japan banks, sources say

Internal lending limits to firm complicate rescue package for WeWork

Mon Dec 23 2019 - 17:24

So long Grumpy Cat... and other notable meme-folk of 2019

Patrick Freyne on some noteworthy names that made news this year

Fri Dec 20 2019 - 05:00

WeWork to ditch leasing business model in many cities

Company to strike deals to manage properties for other landlords

Fri Nov 22 2019 - 19:23

Stocktake: Don’t login to your portfolio too often

Why things are looking up for global stock markets; and SoftBank backs WeWork

Tue Oct 29 2019 - 05:40

Saving WeWork will be hard work

Frenetic growth under the company’s founder, Adam Neumann, may weigh it down for years

Fri Oct 25 2019 - 12:29

WeWork set to cut up to 4,000 jobs as part of turnaround plan

SoftBank took control of troubled co-working company this week

Thu Oct 24 2019 - 09:30

WeWork plans 4,000 job cuts in turnaround plan

Japan’s Softbank took control of co-working business this week

Wed Oct 23 2019 - 19:01

SoftBank takes over WeWork as co-founder Adam Neumann steps down

Board agrees to Japanese group’s $6.5bn bailout package, with Neumann to get $1.7bn

Tue Oct 22 2019 - 16:29

Should investors be worried by controlled companies?

Mike Ashley, who owns 62% of Sports Direct, pays little heed to shareholder rebellions

Tue Oct 22 2019 - 05:00

WeWork will pay €290m to Irish landlords over 10 years

Analyst says Dublin market could absorb impact of any difficulties on its Irish business

Fri Oct 18 2019 - 12:35

SoftBank in talks to take control of WeWork amid cash crunch

Japanese group prepares financing package for property group

Mon Oct 14 2019 - 07:13

Dublin ranks 10th in Europe for serviced office deals

Co-working sector set for continued growth despite current challenges facing WeWork

Wed Oct 09 2019 - 07:00

Softbank weighs cost of WeWork’s cancelled IPO

Japanese investment house also struggling with poor performance at Uber and Sack

Tue Oct 08 2019 - 11:31

WeWork pulls out of deal to rent Dublin office

US company had been in talks with Hibernia Reit about Central Quay

Wed Oct 02 2019 - 10:56

WeWork to formally withdraw IPO filing to focus on revamping business

Company’s decision has drawn a line under an IPO process that started with hopes of a $47 billion valuation and ended with demotion of CEO Adam Neumann

Mon Sept 30 2019 - 20:13

WeWork formally shelves IPO

Bonds in the office space provider fell to a record low after news was made public

Mon Sept 30 2019 - 16:27

Pilita Clark: Who is going to tell the boss the bad news?

Company Cassandras, even junior ones, can be invaluable in delivering early warnings

Mon Sept 30 2019 - 05:15

Manchester United’s wage bill, the new chiefs of WeWork and Ikea’s veggie hot dog success

Planet Business: Another week of airport hell, this time courtesy of Thomas Cook

Fri Sept 27 2019 - 03:06

WeWork’s Adam Neumann to step down as chief executive

Compnay investors lose faith in founder as leader following pulled IPO

Wed Sept 25 2019 - 09:03

SoftBank moves to oust Neumann as WeWork chief executive

Uncertainty over whether rebel investors can succeed but IPO prospect damaged either way

Mon Sept 23 2019 - 18:59

WeWork’s IPO flop a cautionary tale for Collisons as Stripe hits $35bn value

Valuation jumps 55% since start of year but stock market proving more hard-headed

Fri Sept 20 2019 - 17:03

WeWork postpones flotation after chilly investor response

Property group faces struggle to hit end-year deadline amid concern over founder’s control

Tue Sept 17 2019 - 07:31

WeWork restructures corporate governance in bid to save IPO

Voting power of co-founder Adam Neumann to be reduced

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 16:51

WeWork moves to assuage investor concerns

Money-losing office rental company said to be considering major changes to governance

Wed Sept 11 2019 - 06:44