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Boeing Co Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg will face a second day of questions Wednesday from U.S. lawmakers on its now grounded 737 MAX after sharp criticism at a Senate hearing Tuesday.

Ever since Johnson & Johnson disclosed this month that a government test had turned up asbestos in its Baby Powder, the company has attacked the validity of the result.

General Electric on Wednesday reported earnings and revenue that topped analysts' expectations.

Goldman Sachs downgraded GrubHub to neutral from buy and slashed its 12-month price target to $30 from $86, after the dismal earnings report.

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors digested a fresh batch of earnings reports ahead of a widely expected interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve later in the day.

Pizza Hut and KFC parent Yum Brands Inc reported quarterly profit below market expectations on Wednesday, hurt by poor performance at GrubHub Inc , the food delivery platform the restaurant operator bought a stake in a year ago.

When Apple Inc reports results on Wednesday, Wall Street expects flat fiscal fourth-quarter sales and lower full-year revenue compared with the prior year, mostly because of declining iPhone sales. Yet Apple's stock price has hit all-time highs in recent weeks, as has its price-to-earnings valuation.

World shares slipped off 21-month highs on Wednesday as the prospect of a U.S. rate cut was offset by reports a Sino-U.S. trade deal may be delayed, though a possible $50 billion merger between Fiat-Chrysler and PSA capped European losses.

The rapid rise of crash-avoidance technology has set carmakers and repair shops on course for a collision that could determine who controls the $800 billion auto aftermarket in the digital age.

A wildfire raging in California threatens to destroy more than homes and businesses - it could also undermine bankrupt PG&E Corp's plan to raise $14 billion to finance the crisis-stricken utility's turnaround plan.

Bayer , the world's largest maker of seeds and pesticides, said U.S. farmers were unperturbed by lawsuits seeking damages from Bayer for an alleged cancer-causing effect of glyphosate-based herbicides.

U.S.-listed white goods maker Whirlpool Corp has dropped plans to shut down a production site in the southern Italian city of Naples after two weeks of workers' protests, the company said on Wednesday.

General Electric Co on Wednesday posted a $1.3 billion loss in the third quarter, but on an adjusted basis beat analysts' profit estimates, helped by higher prices for aircraft parts and a strong healthcare business, and vowed to deliver $1 billion more cash this year than it had previously forecast.

U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that Beijing commit to big purchases of American farm products has become a major sticking point in talks to end the Sino-U.S. trade war, according to several people briefed on the negotiations.

Germany's Bayer is now facing 42,700 U.S. plaintiffs blaming its glyphosate-based weedkillers for their cancer, more than twice the tally in July and potentially raising any future settlement.