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WeWork owns about 27% in WeWork India, which has been one of the parent company’s fastest growing affiliates outside the US

The announcement is surprisingly rosy for a company filing for Chapter 11, perhaps following Stuart Smalley's mantra.

A theory is floating around that ousted WeWork founder Adam Neumann is poised to return. It's speculation, but here's what people are saying.

On November 1, the Wall Street Journal reported that WeWork plans to file its Chapter 11 petition for bankruptcy in New Jersey. The news caused the company stock to tank 50.99 percent.

WeWork, the SoftBank Group -backed startup whose meteoric rise and fall reshaped the office sector globally, sought U.S. bankruptcy protection on Monday, after its bets on companies using more of its office-sharing space soured.

The bankruptcy filing caps a dramatic fall from grace for the company that was once valued at $47 billion.

WeWork has filed for bankruptcy protection. The office space rental company has struggled as millions more people have opted to work from home over the last few years.

The move represents an admission by SoftBank, the Japanese technology group that owns about 60% of WeWork and has invested billions of dollars in its turnaround, that the company cannot survive unless it renegotiates its pricey leases in bankruptcy. A WeWork spokesperson said about 92% of the company's lenders had agreed to convert their secured debt into equity under a restructuring support agreement, wiping out about $3 billion of debt. WeWork had office space available at 777 locations...

WeWork has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a stunning fall for the office-sharing company once seen as a Wall Street darling.

WeWork India has 50 centres, comprising around 90,000 desks, across seven cities.