The oil giant said it would promote the heir apparent to chief, as Mr. Tillerson prepares to become secretary of state under Donald J. Trump.

The president-elect met with Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Timothy D. Cook of Apple, among other tech leaders, in a surprisingly genial gathering.

MSCI’s social index business grows as big pensions and other investors pour money into funds that focus on more than just corporate balance sheets.

Regulators have said the rejection shows the banks has not figured out how to adequately unwind the complex and interconnected parts of its banking empire.

Mark Zuckerberg took a page from Google’s playbook to keep control of his company while he gives a majority of his stake away. But Facebook investors may have a lever.

The industry asks the Supreme Court to consider whether regulators took too long to file suit over tens of billions of dollars of securities.

Donald J. Trump tapping Gary D. Cohn, the president of Goldman Sachs, to be his top economic policy adviser has opened up opportunities for the next generation of Goldman leaders.

The purchase of Pilsner Urquell and other Central and Eastern European brands would give the Japanese beverage company a greater global presence.

The latest reshaping of the Italian lender will be closely watched for what it says about the willingness of investors to help troubled banks saddled with problem loans.

The Massachusetts senator recently attacked the hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson in a Facebook post, despite his support of her and new financial industry regulations.