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IPO market begins pushback against growth-at-all-costs private firms

Struggles at WeWork and Peloton’s lacklustre debut suggest the IPO window is closed for highly valued, loss-making companies

Endeavor Group Holdings cancelled plans for an initial public offering on Thursday, the latest sign that the IPO market is slowing down.

The move came as Peloton Interactive’s stock struggled in its trading debut, and after We Company, the parent of the office-space company WeWork, postponed its IPO and forced its chief executive to step down amid mounting concern about its huge losses and high leverage.

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