Conferences/Exhibitions

TEL AVIV—When the United Arab Emirates was looking last year for ways to protect its high-profile World Expo from possible drone attacks launched by Iran-backed militants, it secretly turned to a new friend: Israel.Faced with the possibility that Iran and its allies could launch destabilizing attacks on the lucrative event, the Persian Gulf nation bought a small Israeli air-defense system designed to bring down hostile drones, according to former Israeli leaders and defense-industry officials. Those people said the Rafael…

Businesses and financiers are scrambling to tap billions of dollars in U.S. clean-energy incentives, spurring what executives and government officials say is a frenzy of deal making in the renewable-power and emissions-reduction sectors.At one of the first big clean-energy conferences since the U.S. passed legislation full of incentives for renewable power and other climate measures, corporate executives crammed into standing-room-only meetings on green steel and hydrogen fuel.  The event was a contrast to previous…

People are traveling in packs again.More than two years after the pandemic grounded group travel, hotels are finally selling blocks of rooms. Bookings for corporate events, conferences and large social gatherings such as weddings and reunions started picking up steam this spring and have accelerated for many hotels and resorts through the summer, analysts and hotel owners said. Earlier this year, as group travel started picking up, many companies scheduled smaller gatherings with employees or clients than they had before…

Walt Disney Co. DIS 0.66% Chief Executive Bob Chapek said the company could eventually group all its streaming products under its flagship Disney+ app, and could tie that service more closely to its theme-parks business.Speaking Wednesday at a Goldman Sachs investor conference, Mr. Chapek said that “there’s a little bit of consumer friction” for streaming customers who want to shift between Disney’s…

Activist investor Dan Loeb signaled Sunday morning on Twitter that he is backing off his push to persuade Walt Disney Co. DIS 2.54% to spin off its popular sports television network ESPN. The change of heart comes after Disney’s Chief Executive Bob Chapek said in media interviews at this weekend’s D23 Expo event—an annual gathering of Disney fans where the company announces…

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, left, spoke at an energy conference in Stavanger, Norway, on Monday. Photo: NTB/via REUTERS…

In a regulatory filing Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said that Berkshire Hathaway had asked for and received its permission to buy up to 50% of the driller’s shares. Berkshire has been loading up on Occidental’s shares this year, amassing roughly 20% of the company’s stock, public filings show, leaving many analysts to speculate whether Mr. Buffett would seek control of the company, one of the largest U.S. oil producers. Occidental’s shares jumped to lead stock gains among the S&P 500 Friday, up…

Tensions between FedEx Corp. FDX -1.55% and independent companies that help deliver its packages are escalating as more than 2,000 of its contractors gather in Las Vegas for an annual expo.The networking event comes as many FedEx Ground contractors have been dueling with the company over everything from rising fuel costs to inaccurate shipping forecasts. Some contractors are lobbying the company for better pay, while others want to start discussions about coordinating…

Meg Fogel arrived early to the NeoCon commercial interior design conference in Chicago and, for the first time in months, headed to the movies. She ordered red wine and a chicken sandwich from her seat and watched Tom Cruise star in “Top Gun: Maverick.”“It was blissful,” said Ms. Fogel, a 40-year-old commercial interior designer. “I didn’t have anyone to be responsible for—or to answer to.” Her daughters, ages 5 and 9, stayed home in Atlanta with her husband…

FARNBOROUGH, England— Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL 5.93% said it was ordering 100 of Boeing Co. BA 2.21% ’s largest 737 MAX jets, providing a vote of confidence for the model and adding to the list of big U.S. carriers operating the airliner. The deal, announced at the Farnborough International Air Show near London on Monday, is a boost for the U.S. plane maker as it tries to catch up with…