Calendar of major business events scheduled for Wednesday

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Wednesday:

HARTFORD, Conn. _ United Technologies Corp. to issue first-quarter earnings.

ABBOTT PARK, Ill. _ Abbott Laboratories releases first-quarter earnings.

NORTHBROOK, Ill. _ Allstate Corp. releases first-quarter earnings.

FORT WORTH, Texas _ AMR Corp. releases first-quarter earnings.

NEW YORK _ CIT Group Inc. releases first-quarter earnings.

NEW YORK _ ETRADE Financial Corp. releases first-quarter earnings.

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ eBay Inc. releases first-quarter earnings.

NEW YORK _ JPMorgan Chase & Co. releases first-quarter earnings.

NORTHBROOK, Ill. _ Kraft Foods Inc. releases first-quarter earnings.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. _ Motorola Inc. releases first-quarter earnings.

PHILADELPHIA _ Sovereign Bancorp Inc. releases first-quarter earnings.

CHICAGO _ Tribune Co. releases first-quarter earnings.

WASHINGTON _ Senate Finance Committee hearing on the administration's plan for reducing the tax gap.

PYONGYANG, North Korea _ North and South Korea hold economic talks to discuss aid, days after April 14 deadline for North Korea to shut down its nuclear reactor.

WASHINGTON _ House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Medicare.