NEW YORK CITY— SoftBank Group Corp., a Japan-based conglomerate, has won board approval of co-working firm WeWork to take over the cash-strapped company. The vote will add to the further influence Softbank has over the company who already owns a third of the co-working firm, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal.
In the past several weeks, after a flopped initial public offering, WeWork poached both Softbank and JPMorgan Chase & Co., for a lifeline on a deadline that ended yesterday.
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