Stocks With Major Declaration: Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX)

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) declared that it aims to purchase OpenDNS, a privately held security firm based in San Francisco, which provides advanced threat protection for some device, anywhere, anytime. According to terms of the contract, Cisco will pay $635M in cash and supposed equity awards, plus retention based incentives for OpenDNS. The purchase is anticipated to close in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. The acquisition will boost Cisco’s Security Everywhere approach by adding broad visibility and threat intelligence from the OpenDNS cloud delivered platform. Cisco noted that the burgeoning digital economy and the Internet of Everything are expected to spur the connection of nearly 50 billion devices by 2020, creating a vast new wave of opportunities for security breaches across networks. Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) traded at $27.33 by plunging -0.07% with price volatility of 1.68% for a week and 1.53% for a month. Its beta stands at 1.31 times.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) moved up in previous session as it formed a JV with Micron not knowing that it might take over 10 years to build a truly competitive 3D NAND business. Following having developed cost disruptive memory, Intel may be called on the remainder of its 49 percent interest in IMFT. Consequently, Intel might not be a storage player for much longer. Micron’s recent partnership with Seagate and the vague commentary by Mark Durcan on the Intel partnership further substantiates suspicion that Intel and Micron will go separate ways. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) stock has highest price of $30.920 in last session, beginning with a price of $30.180 and reported an increase of 1.24% to close at $30.56 with a day range of $30.100-$30.920.

The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) declared that private equity funds it manages contain decided to sell AlliedBarton to Wendel SE for around $1.67B. AlliedBarton is a U.S.-based provider of security services to over 3,300 customers, comprising 200 members of the Fortune 500. Based in suburban-Philadelphia, AlliedBarton has more than 60,000 employees and 120 regional offices located throughout the United States. The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) stock hit highest price at $41.32, beginning with a price of $40.96 and reported an advance of 0.98% to close at $41.32 with a day range of $40.74-$41.32. The total market capitalization remained 25.10 Billion, total volume of 2.42 Million shares held in the session was surprisingly higher than its average volume of 4268.15 shares.