Would John Legere even want to run WeWork?

WeWork is in talks with John Legere of T-Mobile as a potential C.E.O., Peter Eavis of the NYT writes, citing unnamed sources.

Adam Neumann, the co-founder of the struggling real estate company, stepped down from the role in September amid controversy over the company’s business model and corporate governance and the calling off of its I.P.O. He was replaced by two executives, Sebastian Gunningham and Artie Minson. WeWork was bailed out of a cash crunch last month by its largest outside shareholder, SoftBank.

Mr. Legere is credited with reviving T-Mobile, which he has led since 2012. “He slashed prices, introduced new plans and heaped ridicule on rival cellphone companies,” Mr. Eavis writes. It paid off: T-Mobile has more than doubled its subscribers under Mr. Legere.

He is one of several candidates WeWork is considering, the sources said.

But significant conflicts of interest are embedded in these talks. “T-Mobile is seeking to merge with Sprint, which SoftBank controls,” Mr. Eavis writes. “Mr. Legere could have a difficult time separating T-Mobile’s negotiations with Sprint from his talks with WeWork.”

And any new C.E.O. would face a tough task. WeWork posted a $1.4 billion operating loss in the first half of the year, and it is not clear if and when any of its office spaces might become profitable.

Google strengthens its push into health care

Google yesterday announced a deal with Ascension, the country’s second-largest hospital system, to store and analyze the data of millions of patients, write Natasha Singer and Daisuke Wakabayashi in the NYT.

• Ascension operates 150 hospitals in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

• The data of all Ascension patients could eventually be uploaded to Google’s cloud computing platform.