Relaxnews Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger said the company’s future lies in using technology to make more direct connections to consumers, although he declined to say whether he was interested in buying Twitter Inc. or Netflix Inc. The following are excerpts from Iger’s remarks at the Boston College Chief Executives Club. Iger, 65, made the remarks …

  DUBAI / WAM On the first day of the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (Gitex 2016), Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme. The AEO programme is a federal programme that connects the UAE with the rest of the world in …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Khalifa bin Salem Al Mansouri, Acting Under-Secretary of the Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi, is leading a delegation to Shanghai, China, to bolster economic cooperation in trade, industry, investment, exchange of information and mutual coordination between the two cities. Al Mansouri said that the visit comes as a result of last year’s historic …