A roundup of the latest corporate earnings reports and what companies are saying about future quarters.

  Treasury prices decline after ADP Employment Services said private employers cut 203,000 jobs in October, after a revised 227,000 in September that was fewer than initially reported.

  Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable television operator, says third-quarter profit rose on lower expenses and greater demand for its video, phone and broadband services.

  A roundup of financial and business news breaking before the opening bell on Wall Street.

  Fox-Pitt Kelton analyst Robert Stevenson says he expects home-builder stocks to continue to lag the S&P 500 Index on lingering weakness in the housing market.

  R.R. Donnelley &Sons Co. says third-quarter profit slumped 92% as the commercial and advertising printer was forced to lower prices.

  U.S. stock futures rise on Wednesday, with traders ignoring the traditional caution ahead of a Federal Reserve interest-rate meeting to take a riskier stance.

  The company says that business supplying drill bits and other equipment to the world’s oil and gas rigs dries up.

  Private-sector firms in the U.S. cut 203,000 jobs in October, according to the ADP employment report.

  Natural-gas producer manages to beat Wall Street expectations on higher production and lower costs.