Elon Musk’s Tesla finally sets a shareholder meeting date amid doubts about his long-denied $56 billion pay package

• Save the date: Tesla has announced it will hold an annual shareholder meeting on Nov. 6; the announcement comes just one day after a pointed letter from investors to the board enthusiastically recommended the independent directors set a date—publicly. 

Better late than never. Tesla announced on Thursday it will hold an annual meeting on Nov. 6. The announcement comes some 24 hours after a letter from more than two dozen investors in the $952 billion electric-vehicle maker...