Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) shares rose nearly 3.5% today after the company reported rising production in its deep-water pre-salt fields, the potential bonanza of oil that the state-controlled Petrobras is banking on. On Monday, President Dilma Rousseff said she had no intention of replacing Petrobras’ leader, despite media reports to the contrary. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) in last trading activity increased 3.49% to close at $7.71. Company weekly performance is 22.77% while its quarterly performance stands at -51.90%. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) is -63.18% away from its 52 week high.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) continues to structure its business to resemble top performing companies in the S&P Industrials, but admits it still has some road ahead before achieving all the benchmarks necessary to declare success. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) in last trading activity decreased -0.59% to close at $47.13. Company weekly performance is 3.86% while its quarterly performance stands at 25.41%. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) is -5.02% away from its 52 week high.

Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE:DOC), a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange, purchased the property in Columbus and Phenix City late last month. On last trading day Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE:DOC) moved down -0.95% to close at $16.67. Its volatility for the week is 2.22% while volatility for the month is 1.84%. DOC’s EPS growth for past 5 years was 0.00%. Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE:DOC) monthly performance is 8.25%.

RCM Technologies (NASDAQ: RCMT) declared a special dividend of $2.00 per share. The dividend will be payable on December 30, 2014, to stockholders of record on December 26, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 25.7 percent. Rocco Campanelli, President and CEO of RCM Technologies, Inc., commented: “Based on continued operational momentum in all three business units, and an effort to work towards a more efficient long-term capital structure, the Board of Directors authorized a special dividend of $2.00 per share to be paid on or about December 30th. We are excited to culminate what we expect to be our best yearly operating income performance in the past twelve years by returning significant capital to shareholders in 2014.” RCM Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:RCMT) has 11.20% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 42.40%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $8.34.

John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) took benefit of the firm’s 30th anniversary celebration to reveal its tactic and product portfolio in yet another area: analytics. With the 15 billion devices linked to the Internet today anticipated to balloon to 500 billion, the need to make sense of the data flowing from them is rising. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) in last trading activity increased 0.11% to close at $28.25. Company weekly performance is 6.24% while its quarterly performance stands at 13.96%. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is -0.14% away from its 52 week high.