BRICS Making New Friends

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BANKRUPTCY

WeWork Rebrands to WeBroke

The embattled co-working space company, once the leader of the pack, has fallen far from grace and is potentially in a precarious status, close to filing for bankruptcy.


ECONOMY

BRICS Making New Friends

The emerging market coalition known as BRICS, is expanding its membership to six new countries: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudia Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) effective 1st January 2024.

Of the six countries that were extended invitations to join, there were a total of twenty-three applications to join.

The newly expanded coalition will account for 37% of the world’s GDP and retain its BRICS acronym.


M&A

Subway is Sold

The disenfranchised sandwich franchise has finally found a suitor in Roark Capital.

The US sandwich chain is being sold for $9 billion to Roark Capital Group, who beat out others such as TDR Capital and Sycamore Partners.

We can all exhale and breathe a sigh of relief that we’ll continue to see Subway product placements in our Kdramas.


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