WeWork has lots of reasons for trying to go forward with its initial public offering this year despite postponing it Tuesday. One big one: It has a $6 billion loan that's available only if it goes public this year. It also just plain needs cash, both to stay in business and to continue to post the kind of revenue growth that helps set it apart from other real-estate companies. And it faces other pressures both internal and external to going out sooner rather than later, including the looming...

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