Oct 4 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in

the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories

and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Spirit Airlines ( SAVE ) has been in discussions with

bondholders over the terms of a potential bankruptcy filing in

the wake of its failed merger with JetBlue Airways ( JBLU ).

- U.S. dockworkers agreed to return to work after port

operators sweetened their contract offer, ending a three-day

strike that threatened to disrupt the American economy.

- Nasdaq faces a multistate inquiry into whether

its listing rules on boardroom diversity are a form of

discrimination.

- Microsoft ( MSFT ) plans to spend about $4.75 billion

over the next two years in cloud and artificial-intelligence

infrastructure in Italy.

- Two former executives of carbon-credit project developer

CQC Impact Investors have been charged with manipulating data

and for using that data to deceive a backer into investing more

than $100 million in the firm.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)