Bloomberg Walt Disney Co.’s Bob Iger is ready to embrace the cord cutter. Disney, the world’s largest entertainment company, outlined plans on Tuesday to sell some of its premiere content directly to consumers online starting next year. It will offer live sports and animated films including “Toy Story 4,” sidestepping partners from Netflix Inc. to pay-TV providers like Comcast Corp. …

Bloomberg Wall Street? A new survey shows that jobs outside of Wall Street are becoming increasingly enticing to recent MBA graduates. According to data from Training the Street, bulge bracket banks were a top employment choice for just 19 percent of respondents. A drop of 7 percent from last year is also the lowest level in the eight-year history of …

DUBAI / Reuters HSBC is planning to add staff to its Saudi Arabian operations as the kingdom embarks on one of the biggest economic transformations attempted by any country, the bank’s regional chief Georges Elhedery told Reuters. Opportunities for investment banks have increased tremendously due to Vision 2030, the reform programme launched by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to diversify …