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People work at a shared workspace at the WeWork, coworking and office space in the City of London, on April 13, 2021, as the company enhances health and safety standards in response to COVID-19. – Britain said late Monday it had hit a target to offer a coronavirus vaccine first dose to all over-50s by mid-April, as England’s lockdown-weary population toasted a significant easing of restrictions with early morning pints and much-needed haircuts. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

WeWork plans bankruptcy filing as soon as next week, report says, in startling reversal from its heady days as a tech industry superstar

By Ellen Huet and Bloomberg

An employee works in the Revolut Ltd. office, housed in the Wework Lafayette co-working building, in Paris, France, on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2023. A growing number of startups are setting up in Paris as the French government pushes to be at the forefront of Europe’s financial technology sector. Photographer: Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg via Getty Images

WeWork’s once high-flying office empire just warned there’s ‘substantial doubt’ it can stay in business

By Ellen Huet and Bloomberg

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace speaks during a press conference held by the Department of Justice announcing arrests and charges against multiple individuals alleged to be working in connection to the Chinese Government, at the US Attorney’s office in New York City on April 17, 2023. – US authorities arrested two men Monday for setting up a Chinese “police station” in New York and charged 34 Chinese public security officials for a campaign to monitor and harass US-based dissidents. The arrests and charges take aim at “transnational repression schemes targeting members of the Chinese diaspora community in New York City and elsewhere in the United States,” said Breon Peace, the federal district attorney in Brooklyn. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Sexual wellness startup founder is charged with forcing clients into debt and sex acts ‘under the guise of empowerment’

By Patricia Hurtado, Ellen Huet, and others

Clubhouse goes from a buzzy pandemic-era chat startup frequented by Oprah and Elon Musk to slashing its workforce by more than half

By Ellen Huet and Bloomberg

A poster with George Floyd’s picture and a sign reads that “I Can’t Breathe” hang from a security fence outside the Hennepin County Government Center on March 31, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. – Derek Chauvin, 45, is charged with murder and manslaughter for his role in George Floyd’s May 25, 2020 death, which was captured on video and seen by millions, sparking anti-racism protests around the globe.In the video, Chauvin, who was subsequently fired from the police department, is seen kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed Floyd for more than nine minutes.<br />
Floyd, who was being arrested for allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill in a nearby store, complains he cannot breathe and eventually falls unconscious. Other witnesses included an off-duty firefighter who said her attempts to render assistance to Floyd were rebuffed by police and a man who made an emergency 911 call after the incident to report a “murder.” (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP) (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Tech companies that made public pledges to Black communities have fewer Black employees

By Ellen Huet, Karen Toulon, and others

Basecamp’s ban on political talk prompts wave of employees to quit

By Ellen Huet and Bloomberg

GLENDALE, CA - NOVEMBER 06: (L-R) Sandeep Mathrani and Michael Gould, Bloomingdale's chairman and CEO attend Bloomingdale's Glendale opening gala celebration with VH1 Save The Music Foundation at Bloomingdale's Glendale on November 6, 2013 in Glendale, California. (Photo by John Sciulli/Getty Images for Bloomingdale's)

WeWork hires corporate turnaround artist with ‘plenty of luck’ as new CEO

By Gerrit De Vynck, Ellen Huet, and others

Uber

Uber, Postmates Sue California to Block Gig-Worker Law

By Joel Rosenblatt, Ellen Huet, and others

A sign marks the location of a WeWork office facility on August 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. With a failed IPO in the not-too-distant past, WeWork says it’s going to divest Meetup to focus on its co-working business.

WeWork Is Divesting Businesses Including Meetup and Its Stake in The Wing

By Ellen Huet and Bloomberg

LISBON, PORTUGAL - NOVEMBER 06: Participants at Google stand during Web Summit on November 06, 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. Web Summit is an annual technology conference which brings together a variety of technology companies to discuss the future of industry. This year’s event runs from November 4- 7 and will be attended by 70,469 participants from 163 countries, 46.3 percent of them female, a new high for all Web Summit events ever held. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Not a Googler: The Secret, Frustrating Life of a Google Contract Worker

By Mark Bergen, Ellen Huet, and others

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 09: Adam Neumann speaks onstage during WeWork Presents Second Annual Creator Global Finals at Microsoft Theater on January 9, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for WeWork)

‘You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me’: WeWork Employees Outraged Over Adam Neumann’s Billion Dollar Payout in SoftBank Rescue

By Ellen Huet, Gillian Tan, and others

WeWork

WeWork Execs Tell Employees That About 2,000 Layoffs Are Coming—and Soon

By Gillian Tan, Ellen Huet, and others

People exit the WeWork Cos. 32nd Milestone co-working space at night in Gurugram, India, on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. The New York-based co-working giant WeWork Cos, which operates shared office spaces around the world, has attracted huge piles of investor money, which it uses to snap up office space in the largest cities on earth. Photographer: Ruhani Kaur/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Now WeWork’s Biggest Investor Wants to Shelve Its Troubled IPO

By Sarah McBride, Ellen Huet, and others

WeWork CEO Adam Neumann Visits Shanghai

WeWork’s IPO Filing Reveals Revenue Growth and Cash Burn

By Liana Baker, Ellen Huet, and others

e-cigarettes

San Francisco Is the First U.S. City to Ban E-Cigarettes Sales

By Ellen Huet and Bloomberg

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