Investors have much more on their minds than earnings. Still, the company will report third-quarter results on Wednesday morning.

Union leaders expect a close vote when 3,000 Boeing hourly workers weigh a sweetened contract offer that could end an almost six-week strike, the union's chief said Tuesday.The vote will take place throughout Wednesday,

The strike has been going for more than a month, the point at which some observers believe Boeing’s $50-million-a-day cash drain will begin to get especially difficult for the company. After furloughing workers early on, Boeing has since kicked the ...