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SoftBank seeks control of WeWork with financing package

Potential deal would ease WeWork’s cash crunch and further sideline co-founder Neumann

SoftBank has prepared a financing package that would give it control of WeWork and further sideline its founder Adam Neumann in exchange for relieving the shared-office startup’s looming cash crunch, according to people familiar with the matter.

WeWork is racing to find a way to shore up its financing after its New York parent company We Co pulled its plans for an initial public offering and Neumann resigned as chief executive under pressure.

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