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Whats Hot Today: Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF)

During Wednesday’s current trade, Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO)’s shares picked up 0.58%, and is now trading at $27.55, after Cisco Systems, (CSCO), unveiled a host of new capabilities and services that give security professionals extensive intelligence and analysis on potential compromises and solutions to protect against, respond to and recover from attacks.

Cisco declares the addition of AMP Threat Grid to the Cisco® Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) portfolio, which integrates innovation attained through last year’s attainment of ThreatGRID. This integration provides the latest malware threat intelligence and dynamic malware analysis capabilities, both on-premise and in the cloud, that strengthen Cisco AMP’s continuous analysis and zero-day detection capabilities. In addition, Cisco is introducing Incident Response Services that equip organizations with teams of information security experts that utilize threat intelligence and best practices for readiness and response from network to endpoint to cloud.

As dynamic as the modern threat landscape is, there are some constants; adversaries are committed to continually refining and developing new techniques that can evade detection and hide malicious activity. This is evident by the 250 percent raise in malvertising attacks as cited in the Cisco 2015 Annual Security Report. Additionally, the report continues to show that enterprises are in a persistent state of infection, showing that 100 percent of networks analyzed had traffic going to websites hosting malware.

Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP) based networking products and services related to the communications and information technology industry worldwide. It provides switching products, counting fixed-configuration and modular switches, and storage products that provide connectivity to end users, workstations, IP phones, wireless access points, and servers; and NGN routing products that interconnect public and private wireline and mobile networks for mobile, data, voice, and video applications.

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s shares jumped 0.01% during the current trading session Wednesday’s, and is now trading at $82.33, as Facebook Inc (FB), declared that the corporation’s first quarter 2015 financial results will be released after market close on Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

Facebook unveiled plans for more office space. According to Loss angeles times, Facebook’s expansion in Menlo Park, Calif., is showing no signs of slowing down.

The same week Facebook employees moved into a new Frank Gehry-designed building with a massive green roof, the social media giant presented plans to Menlo Park for the construction of two office buildings on 58 acres it purchased last year.

Also designed by Gehry, the two office buildings would total 985,719 square feet and have a similar look, feel and height to the new Facebook building across from its main headquarters.

In December, Facebook got approval from the city to convert a 184,460 square foot warehouse building into office space. Renovation of that building, called Building 23, is planned to be accomplished in 2016. The plans the corporation presented last week are for additional office space.

Facebook, Inc. operates as a social networking corporation worldwide. It provides a set of development tools and application programming interfaces that enable developers to integrate with Facebook to create mobile and Web applications. The corporation’s products comprise Facebook mobile app and Website that enable people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Messenger, a mobile-to-mobile messaging application accessible on Android, iOS, and Windows phone devices; Instagram, a mobile application that enable people to take photos or videos, customize them with filter effects, and share them with friends and followers in a photo feed or send them directly to friends; and WhatsApp Messenger, a cross-platform mobile messaging application that allows people to exchange messages on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows phone, and Nokia devices.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), during its Wednesday’s current trading session dwindled -1.37%, and is now trading at $15.14, as Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK), stated that Kimberly K. Querrey has been designated to the Board of Directors effective right away. Querrey will serve as a member of the Audit Committee and will stand for re-election at the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders on May 22.

Chairman Archie Dunham commented, “With her extensive financial experience and environmental, health and safety background, Kimberly will be a terrific resource for our Board and administration team. We are happy to welcome Kimberly and are confident that her insight will benefit the corporation and all of our shareholders.”

Chesapeake Energy Corporation engages in the attainment, exploration, and development of properties for the production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) from underground reservoirs in the United States. It holds interests in natural gas resource plays, counting the Haynesville/Bossier Shales in northwestern Louisiana and East Texas; the Marcellus Shale in the northern Appalachian Basin of West Virginia and Pennsylvania; and the Barnett Shale in the Fort Worth Basin of north-central Texas.

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF)’s shares gained 0.31% during the current trading session Wednesday’s, and is now trading at $9.65, as Regions Financial Corporation (RF), with $120 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth administration, mortgage, and insurance products and services. Regions serves customers in 16 states across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its partner, Regions Bank, operates about 1,650 banking offices and 2,000 ATMs.

Regions Bank declared the appointment of two wealth administration executives. Alan McKnight has joined Regions Wealth Administration as Chief Investment Officer, and John Parker has been named head of Regions Institutional Services. Both will report to Bill Ritter, head of Regions Wealth Administration.

Chief Investment Officer

In his capacity as Chief Investment Officer for Regions Wealth Administration, McKnight is responsible for developing compriseent and comprehensive asset administration strategies to meet the needs of individuals, families and institutional clients.

“I’m thrilled that Alan is joining Regions Wealth Administration as Chief Investment Officer,” said Ritter. “His proven track record in asset administration and experience providing investment administration services to high-net-worth individuals, families and institutional clients make him an outstanding addition to our team. Alan will work closely with our Private Wealth and Institutional Services groups as we refine our asset administration approach and present Regions’ best solutions to our clients.”

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