High-profile East Bay office building deal shows property value slump

EMERYVILLE — An Emeryville office building was purchased in a deal that shows some commercial property values in the Bay Area continue to decline. The building at 6001 Shellmound St. was acquired for $20.6 million through an all-cash deal in a streamlined foreclosure process, according to documents filed on March 19 with the Alameda County … Read more

Trump’s Middle East peace broker now at centre of Ukraine talks

When US President Donald Trump wanted someone to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin last week to open negotiations for a potential deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, he didn’t dispatch his secretary of state. The man he sent to the Kremlin to handle a titanic geopolitical challenge does not even have a diplomatic background. Instead … Read more