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Chipmaker Texas Instruments Inc forecast revenue for the current quarter above analysts' estimates on Wednesday and said most of its markets showed signs of stabilizing.

U.S. pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Inc reported a 26% rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, benefiting from higher gas takeaway from Permian Basin through its Gulf Coast Express pipeline.

The number of oil and gas company bankruptcies in the United States and Canada rose 50% in 2019 over the previous year, and is likely to increase as a slide in energy prices continues to shake producers Dallas law firm Haynes and Boone said in a report released on Wednesday.

* Indexes: Dow off 0.03%, S&P up 0.03%, Nasdaq up 0.14% (Updates to market close)

Chipmaker Texas Instruments Inc beat quarterly revenue estimates on Wednesday and said most of its markets showed signs of stabilizing.

U.S. pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Inc reported a 26% rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, benefiting from higher gas takeaway from Permian Basin through its Gulf Coast Express pipeline.

* Outbreak center of Wuhan says citizens should not leave city

Technology shares led the S&P 500 marginally higher on Wednesday, as a healthy forecast from IBM helped mitigate worries over the developing coronavirus outbreak.

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver courtroom on Wednesday where Canadian prosecutors defended a U.S. extradition request, saying Meng's alleged bank fraud is the heart of the case that has strained relations between Ottawa and Beijing.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT on Wednesday:

* Sterling gains further as BoE rate-cut fears recede (Updates to U.S. afternoon trading)

Google researchers have found multiple security flaws in Apple Inc's Safari web browser that allowed the tracking of users' browsing behavior, the Financial Times reported https://www.ft.com/content/916a766a-3d27-11ea-a01a-bae547046735 on Wednesday, citing a soon-to-be published paper.

Prosecutors in Canada on Wednesday proposed a $196.5 million (CAD) ($149.5 million) fine against Volkswagen AG after the company pleaded guilty to dozens of counts of diesel emissions violations, a company spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.

LVMH's Louis Vuitton said on Wednesday it had struck a partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA), a major men's professional league, as the luxury goods brand ramps up its efforts to make a splash in the United States.