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Re:SoftBank expects $24B in losses from Vision Fund, WeWork ... by stale2002 on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:07AM (#22874720)
> The vision was to create a global monopoly by killing off competitors with artificially low pricing

A global monopoly for.... office space?

I could not think of a more difficult industry, to "kill off competitors with low pricing", than the real estate industry.

Whats the plan there? Buying off every major office in the in the world?

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Re:SoftBank expects $24B in losses from Vision Fund, WeWork ... by rhodium on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @02:38AM (#22875194)
Crazy as it sounds, that seems to be the plan. WeWork is already the largest tenant in New York, Washington, D.C., downtown Chicago, and central London.
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