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A bill introduced this month would ban the U.S. Department of Education from sending its federal grants and loans to for-profit colleges.

U.S. stocks opened mixed on Wednesday as Boeing rose after reaffirming the timeline for its grounded 737 MAX's return to service, countering losses from Caterpillar and Texas Instruments, which fell on weak forecasts.

Google said on Wednesday it had achieved a breakthrough in computer research, by solving a complex problem in minutes with a so-called quantum computer that would take today's most powerful supercomputer thousands of years to crack.

WeWork announced Tuesday that SoftBank will provide $5 billion in new financing and up to $3 billion in a tender offer for existing shareholders.

Higher deliveries of Gulfstream jets boosted revenue at U.S. aerospace and defense company General Dynamics Corp , which reported a 7.3% rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, but shares were flat in premarket trading after gaining 2.5% a day earlier.

The chair of a panel of international regulators that harshly criticized the Federal Aviation Administration's certification of the now grounded Boeing 737 MAX will testify Tuesday before a Senate committee, a statement from the committee showed.

U.S. budget carrier Spirit Airlines is close to agreeing a provisional deal to order as many as 100 single-aisle aircraft worth up to $12 billion at recent catalogue prices from Airbus , industry sources said.

Global packaged food group Kraft Heinz Co will keep baby food line Plasmon and plans to leverage its 'Made in Italy' credentials to expand the brand abroad, Kraft Heinz Co's general manager for Italy said.

Gulfstream jet deliveries helped General Dynamics Corp report a 7.3% rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, but shares fell as much as 4% after company officials said the fourth quarter would see more deliveries of less-profitable refurbished aircraft.

Wall Street analysts predict what will happen with Tesla's earnings report on Wednesday after the bell.

WeWork announced Tuesday that SoftBank will provide $5 billion in new financing and up to $3 billion in a tender offer for existing shareholders.

Nasdaq Inc may see its market share of retail stock executions increase as a result of online brokers moving to free trades, the transatlantic exchange operator said on Wednesday after releasing better-than-expected quarterly financial results.

Boeing Co cut production of its flagship Dreamliner and delayed the arrival of a successor to its 777 mini-jumbo, piling new pressures on a rejigged senior management team on Wednesday as the continued safety grounding of its 737 MAX sliced third-quarter profits.

Eli Lilly and Co third-quarter sales missed Wall Street estimates on Wednesday as rebates limited revenue from its top-selling diabetes drug Trulicity, and its shares fell about 4%.

Snap Inc said on Wednesday that the U.S Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission were no longer investigating whether the company misled investors at the time of its March 2017 initial public offering.