Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)’s shares gained 0.51% to $17.62. The company on Dec. 17 announced the Board of Directors authorized a regular quarterly cash dividend of $18.125 per share on the 7.25 percent Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, Series L. The dividend is payable on January 30, 2015 to shareholders of record as of January 1, 2015.

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Additionally, Bank of America’s brokerage unit Merrill Lynch on Dec. 17 said it appointed former professional football player Willie Thomas as complex director at its San Francisco office. Thomas, who has more than 20 years of financial experience, will lead about 160 financial advisers working with wealth management clients in the San Francisco Bay area.

Intel Corporation(NASDAQ:INTC)’s shares fell 1.76% to $36.37. The company on Dec. 16 announced that the upside trigger on its 2.95 percent junior subordinated convertible debentures, which were issued in 2005 and due 2035 (CUSIP No. 458140AD2) (the “Notes”), has been met for the six-month interest payment period from Dec. 15, 2014 to June 15, 2015. As a result, contingent interest will be paid on the Notes for that six-month interest payment period. Contingent interest of approximately $4 million in the aggregate on the $1.6 billion outstanding principal amount of the Notes, or approximately $2.50 per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, will be paid on June 15, 2015, to the holders of record as of June 1, 2015.

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Cisco Systems, Inc.(NASDAQ:CSCO)’s shares gained 0.43% to $27.77. The company on Dec. 17 announced that earlier its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.19 per common share to be paid on January 21, 2015 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 6, 2015.

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Cisco’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.19 per common share was paid on October 22, 2014. Future dividends will be subject to Board approval.

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Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s shares climbed 2.49% to $14.81. Ford Motor Co on Dec. 18 expanded the recall of older-model Mustang cars that have driver-side Takata air bags with inflators, to include about 502,500 vehicles. Ford was one of five automakers asked by U.S. regulator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last month to expand a recall of vehicles with possibly defective driver-side Takata Corp air bags beyond a limited area with high humidity.

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Cisco Systems, Inc.(NASDAQ:CSCO)’s shares gained 3.13% to $27.65. The company on Dec. 17 announced that earlier its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.19 per common share to be paid on January 21, 2015 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 6, 2015.

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Cisco’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.19 per common share was paid on October 22, 2014. Future dividends will be subject to Board approval.

Intel Corporation(NASDAQ:INTC)’s shares climbed 2.15% to $37.02. The company on Dec. 16 announced that the upside trigger on its 2.95 percent junior subordinated convertible debentures, which were issued in 2005 and due 2035 (CUSIP No. 458140AD2) (the “Notes”), has been met for the six-month interest payment period from Dec. 15, 2014 to June 15, 2015. As a result, contingent interest will be paid on the Notes for that six-month interest payment period. Contingent interest of approximately $4 million in the aggregate on the $1.6 billion outstanding principal amount of the Notes, or approximately $2.50 per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, will be paid on June 15, 2015, to the holders of record as of June 1, 2015.

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Additionally, the company on Dec. 4 announced that legendary entertainer Regis Philbin, host of FOX Sports’ “Crowd Goes Wild,” will return as the host of SiriusXM’s “Bing Crosby Christmas Radio,” a limited-run 24/7 holiday channel devoted to the American entertainment icon synonymous with classic holiday entertainment.

Cisco Systems, Inc.(NASDAQ:CSCO) shares climbed 2.17% to $20.68. Premier Kathleen Wynne and Cisco Canada President Nitin Kawale on Dec. 13 announced an agreement that aims to significantly accelerate Ontario’s status as a leader in technology innovation and key player in the global research and development landscape.

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Additionally, The Cosentino Group on Dec. 12 has selected the technology of the Cisco® Enterprise Networks, Data Center and Collaboration architectures to simplify its management and support its growing international presence. These comprehensive solutions meet its requirements, enabling it to reduce operating costs, standardize communications, improve productivity and run the business in global style.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) shares jumped 0.19% to $51.80. The company on Sept. 30 said its possible $11 billion (6.8 billion pounds) settlement of government mortgage probes has been complicated by a dispute with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp over responsibility for losses at the former Washington Mutual Inc, said people familiar with the matter.

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The dispute, between the largest U.S. bank and the FDIC, could leave the federal agency on the hook for billions the bank is expected to pay as part of the settlement and substantially reduce the amount of the penalty JPMorgan actually pays to the government, some analysts said.

Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) shares jumped 4.65% to $56.31. The company on Oct. 1 said its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings jumped 86% as pharmacy section’s sales continued to improve and as an accounting provision and higher acquisition-related costs weighed on its year-earlier results.

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For the quarter ended Aug. 31, Walgreen reported a profit of $657 million, or 69 cents a share, up from $353 million, or 39 cents a share, a year earlier. Adjusted per-share earnings rose to 73 cents from 63 cents. Revenue rose 5.1% to $17.94 billion. Analysts most recently projected earnings of 72 cents on revenue of $17.95 billion.

On the eve of Microsoft’s first Lync User Conference, the general manager of Cisco’s Collaboration Technology Group, Rowan Trollope, wrote a blog whereby he elaborated as to why Cisco is a better platform than Lync as far as the unified communications and collaborations are concerned. He also said that he was quite aware that this will generate a large amount of controversy but added that nevertheless, it was a conversation that was having.  The entire thing however is blowing up on Cisco’s  face because the analysts have already started to point out the various weak points in the arguments that have been put forward by Cisco.

The underlining might be, Cisco is feeling scared and threatened by what Microsoft is selling. Though the post of Trollope was not what we would call super nasty by the standards of Android or Apple, he did take some pot shots at the Lync saying that it is only a preliminary solution that has been developed for a PC experience. Another criticism by Trollope was that for Microsoft, the users have to buy a number of various devices rather than getting them all from the same vendor. According to him, he also said that it could lead to increased complexity, risk as well as cost.