Home Business SoftBank adds to financial burden with $10 billion WeWork deal Business SoftBank adds to financial burden with $10 billion WeWork deal By Genpie - October 23, 2019 101 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp SoftBank Group Corp’s financial strains escalated on Wednesday as it agreed to spend more than $10 billion (£7.8 billion) to take over office-space sharing startup WeWork, knocking the Japanese tech conglomerate’s already weakened shares.