Before joining a board of directors, business leaders should consider how they'll fit into the existing structure...

Twitter's toxicity and subpar financial results are one and the same problem — and the solution starts at the top...

Apple reported $111.4 billion of revenue in quarter four, its largest-ever quarter when measured by revenue. The firm prioritizes internal equity when paying executives, resulting in consistent compensation for executives except for the CEO...

• Some 60 major companies have agreed to adopt a new ESG reporting framework.
• ESGs are metrics that measure a company's environmental, social, and governance progress.
• The effort is being led by the World Economic Forum and the International Business Council, run by Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan...

• Staples' offer to buy Office Depot for $2.1 billion has been rejected, The Wall Street Journal reported.
• Office Depot's parent company said it would prefer a partial sale or joint venture.
• This is the third time Staples has tried to buy its office-supplies rival in 25 years...

• Credit Suisse announced Tuesday that outgoing Lloyds Banking Group CEO António Horta-Osório would be its next chairman.
• Current chairman Urs Rohner will step down in 2021, after working at the Swiss bank for a decade.
• News of Horta-Osorio's appointment at Credit Suisse came a day after Lloyds Bank announced his replacement as CEO, HSBC banker Charlie Nunn.
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• Lloyds Bank named Charlie Nunn, head of wealth and personal banking at rival HSBC, as its next CEO on Monday.
• Current Lloyds boss Antonio Horta-Osorio is stepping down in 2021 after a decade at the bank.
• Nunn may not take up his new job for almost a year from now, because of his notice period and other restrictions. If Horta-Osorio leaves first, CFO William Chalmers could step in as interim CEO, Lloyds said...

• Gilead posted its first numbers detailing how much money the pharmaceutical company has made through Veklury, a COVID-19 antiviral treatment.
• Gilead sold $873 million worth of Veklury, also known as remdesivir, in three months.
• The FDA authorized Veklury as the first antiviral treatment approved to treat COVID-19 patients.
• Studies on the effectiveness of Veklury present mixed results...

• Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann met with former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in 2018, according to the new book "Billion Dollar Loser" by Reeves Wiedeman.
• At the time, Neumann was interested in expanding into retail, and Schultz gave him advice: stop growing for six months in order to correct problems within your business before they come back to haunt you...

Ousted WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann's $185 million consulting deal with his former company is no longer in place, executive chairman Marcelo Claure said during a Wall Street Journal event Monday...

In early September, automotive giant General Motors announced a $2 billion deal with electric-vehicle startup Nikola, with plans to produce the Nikola Badger, an electric pickup truck. But just two days after the deal was announced, a short seller released an explosive report claiming that Nikola faked its technological achievements, which spurred federal inquiries, a resignation, and speculation about the future of the deal...

• British Airways boss Alex Cruz is stepping down, and will be replaced by Aer Lingus CEO Sean Doyle.
• The owner of British Airways, International Airlines Group, said the airline industry was facing its worst crisis in history.
• Cruz told a government committee in September that the airline was burning through £20 million ($25.9 million) a day and "fighting for its survival...

• LVMH countersued Tiffany on Monday, and said it remains confident that it can walk away from its $16 billion takeover of the US jeweler.
• Tiffany breached the agreement by paying out the highest possible dividends during the pandemic, French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH claimed in the countersuit.
• A letter to LVMH from the French government also made it “impossible” to close the deal before the deadline, it added...

Family businesses are often left out of the conversation when it comes to economic recovery and growth, says José Liberti, a clinical professor of finance at the Kellogg School of Management...

• External consultants are helping UBS create a potential merger deal between the two largest Swiss banks, Credit Suisse and UBS.
• It would be the biggest deal since UBS merged with Basler Bankverein in 1997.
• UBS and Credit Suisse told Business Insider that they don’t comment on “market rumors and speculations...

• In SEC paperwork to go public, secretive data company Palantir revealed its CEO Alexander Karp made $12 million last year and had a travel stipend of $600,000.
• Karp also was compensated for nearly $1 million for "the person use of chartered aircraft."
• Palantir filed IPO paperwork the day after a slew of unicorn-status enterprise tech startups filed to go public...

• Tesla's postponed annual meeting and "battery day" presentation is set for September 22.
• Both events will be livestreamed online, with a select few investors being chosen to attend in-person.
• Shareholders can apply to be picked at random in order to attend...

Tesla said Tuesday that it was pursuing a five-for-one stock split following a massive rally in its share price this year...

• New WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar is shaking up the company's leadership ranks in a major reorganization that will see three top execs depart the company.
• The key departures include Bob Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer; Kevin Reilly, HBO Max's content chief and president of TNT, TBS, and TruTV; and Keith Cocozza, executive vice president, corporate marketing and communications...

• Ford announced on Tuesday that CEO Jim Hackett will retire October 1 and be replaced by current COO Jim Farley.
• Ford remains a family business, overseen by Bill Ford, the company's chairman and great-grandson of founder Henry Ford.
• The carmaker's share price has been in decline for years, through three different CEOs. The Ford family still controls the company — and relies on the stock...

• Coty Inc. is getting its third new CEO this year: longtime L'Oreal veteran Sue Nabi.
• Nabi served as president of both L'Oreal and Lancome and also founded the skincare business Orveda.
• She replaces Peter Harf, who will stay on as the brand's executive chairman.
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• Tesla is paying CEO Elon Musk $1 million to insure its board against lawsuits for up to $100 million, SEC filings revealed on Tuesday.
• Tesla announced in April Musk would be personally insuring its board because it said it couldn't find a reasonable quote from an insurance company.
• Investor adviser PIRC on Tuesday separately recommended Tesla shareholders vote Musk out as CEO over his prospective $55.8 billion bonus pay package...

• A Tesla shareholder has proposed that the company spend money on advertising for the first time in its history.
• Investors will vote on the matter in July at the company's annual meeting, but it's not likely to pass.
• Even without ads, Tesla is worth more than most other traditional automakers and demand has largely outpaced production...

• WeWork's board is set to vote on Friday to add two temporary independent directors to the SoftBank-controlled board.
• The duo, who bring deep business and legal expertise, would decide whether the current lawsuit against SoftBank can continue.
• A pair of current board members – the only non-SoftBank-affiliated directors – contested the additions in court on Wednesday, arguing that the process would hurt WeWork's minority shareholders...