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Re:WeWork Gets a Visit from Financial Reality by john_moscow on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @05:39PM (#18860476)
One opinion about the unrealistically high valuations of companies like WeWork, Uber, etc is that Saudis like to feel that they are buying control over Americans' lives. Pure vanity, not much long-term planning, IMO. The whole "We Company" stunt looks like a desperate attempt to highlight this property in the face of a disappointed would-be buyer.
Re:WeWork Gets a Visit from Financial Reality by rhizome on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @09:12PM (#18861725)
People interested in commercial real estate are starting to warm up their checkbooks.
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Re:WeWork Gets a Visit from Financial Reality by PhantomGremlin on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @11:48PM (#18862353)
They also managed to run away after 9/11

They're still running away, but we want their dollars so we keep allowing this behavior:

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is asking the Trump Administration for answers about whether the Saudi government helped a Saudi national flee the U.S. after he was accused of killing an Oregon teenager.

http://time.com/5490263/ron-wyden-saudi-arabia-suspect-flee/