SoftBank Backers Rethink Role in Next Vision Fund on WeWork

The biggest backers of SoftBank’s gargantuan Vision Fund are reconsidering how much to commit to its next investment vehicle as an oversized bet on flexible workspace provider WeWork sours. From a report: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which contributed $45 billion to the $100 billion Vision Fund, is now only planning to reinvest profits from that vehicle into its successor, according…

Ten Drones Attack Saudi Arabia’s Oil and Gas Facilities

“Saudi Arabia has cut oil and gas production following drone attacks on two major oil facilities run by state-owned company Aramco…” reports the BBC. “TV footage showed a huge blaze at Abqaiq, site of Aramco’s largest oil processing plant [the world’s biggest oil producer], while a second drone attack started fires in the Khurais oilfield.” The Iran-aligned Houthi movement (fighting the…