Bloomberg Shaw Communications Inc. sold its ViaWest data service business to Peak 10 Holding Corp. for C$2.3 billion ($1.7 billion), three years after the Canadian telecommunications company bought it for C$1.3 billion. ViaWest and Peak 10 combined will be North America’s largest privately held data center company, Shaw said in a statement. The deal frees up cash for Shaw to …

Bloomberg The former chief executive officer of Noble Group Ltd. has filed a lawsuit against founder Richard Elman claiming that he’s owed stock in the embattled commodity trader. Yusuf Alireza, who left the company in May 2016, filed the suit against Elman in the High Court of Hong Kong alleging contract breaches, according to a writ of summons. Alireza seeks …

After being surprised by broad-based protests in late March, the Russian authorities were ready to prevent a repeat on Monday. Police detained hundreds across the country as well as opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The protests themselves were thinner, too — planning to be arrested, which is likely, is not for everyone — but thousands still turned out. As I watched …