Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Shares in leading Chinese battery maker CATL rose 12.6 per cent as trading began on Tuesday and retail investors followed up with strong demand for the biggest listing of the year to date globally. The … Read more
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Saudi-US investment forum at the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center in Riyadh on May 13, 2025. FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, May 13, he will move to normalize relations with Syria and lift sanctions imposed on its new government to give the … Read more
USI Insurance Services, one of the largest brokerages in the country, has filed suit against a former sales team leader and another powerhouse broker, Lockton, accusing them of poaching employees and harming client relationships. Elisia Hahnenberg, who began her career at USI as an intern and rose to lead a team of account executives, breached … Read more
By Michaela Platt, Communications Coordinator, Triple-I As businesses started incorporating Internet strategies into their operations, Casey Kempton had just begun her graduate studies in cognitive anthropology and was working for a tech startup. A Connecticut native, Kempton had always been aware of insurance giants based in her state. So, when the startup she worked for … Read more
Another Silicon Valley investor is getting into the rocket business. Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has taken a controlling interest in the Long Beach, California-based Relativity Space. The New York Times first reported the change becoming official, after Schmidt told employees in an all-hands meeting on Monday. Schmidt’s involvement with Relativity has been quietly … Read more