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Viacom explores sale of CBS headquarters

Bloomberg ViacomCBS Inc hired CBRE Group Inc to review its entire real estate portfolio, including a possible sale of the CBS skyscraper known as Black Rock in midtown Manhattan. Chief Executive Officer Bob Bakish announced the plan at the UBS Global telecom and media conference in New York. He didn’t indicate an expected price for the Eero Saarinen-designed skyscraper, which ...

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US commission censures India’s new citizenship bill

Bloomberg A US federal commission has called for sanctions against India’s home minister and other top leaders if the country passes a controversial bill that will prevent Muslim migrants from neighboring countries from receiving citizenship. After hours of heated debate, India’s lower house of Parliament early Tuesday morning passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) — the next step in Prime ...

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Nobel winner Suu Kyi defends Myanmar on Rohingya genocide charges at UN court

Bloomberg When Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, she was hailed as an imprisoned martyr dedicated to bringing democracy and human rights to a country that for decades had withered under a brutal military junta. Now as Myanmar’s de facto leader she is set to face her European peers, defending her country in The ...

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