John Chambers

MONTVALE, N.J., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Amidst a 10 percent decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the last month, the Chief Executive magazine CEO Index plunged 11.80 percent, or 11.3 points, to 84.5 points (the Index started at 100 points in October 2002) this month, according to its monthly polling of C-suite executives. The leading economic indicator has lingered around its historical lows throughout the last quarter. All five component indices -- current, future, business, investment and employment -- of the CEO Index declined in June. Employment and Investment Confidence Indices were hit the worst, reaching lowest levels since 2002 when polling began. Employment Confidence Index dropped to all time low, reaching 77.1 points, a 17 percent drop from May. Once again, CEOs portrayed a grim outlook on employment with over half (51.9 percent) of the respondents indicating they expect employment to drop over the next ...

CHENGDU, CHINA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/01/08 -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced a US $45 million (RMB 300M) three-year commitment to support reconstruction efforts in China's Sichuan Province, which was hit on May 12th by one of the most devastating earthquakes in China's history. Cisco made this commitment today during the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) overseen by Sichuan Governor Jiang Jufeng and Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers. In addition to employee engagement in relief efforts during the earthquake's immediate aftermath, a Cisco team has been in China for several weeks meeting with national, provincial and local officials to better understand the situation and learn how Cisco can best offer long-term rebuilding assistance. This week, Chambers and other U.S. private and public sector leaders are in China as members of a U.S. Business Roundtable fact-finding delegation under the auspices of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Chinese Government. Resulting from these discussions, Cisco and Chinese ...

ORLANDO, FL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/24/08 -- As part of an ongoing commitment to environmental responsibility, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced that it has set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its worldwide operations by 25 percent over the next four years, reaching its goal in absolute terms by 2012. The company will deploy a unique multiprong approach focused on the power of technology to meet its objectives and to demonstrate how customers can do the same. Cisco® Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Chambers outlined the plan at Cisco Live!, the company's annual information technology (IT) and communications conference. In his keynote speech, Chambers discussed the transformative effect that IT can have on the world's environmental challenges and demonstrated Cisco's commitment to sustainability in its operations, culture, products and customer solutions. "Every corporation has a responsibility to help address climate change and to minimize the impact of its operations on the environment," Chambers said. "Cisco is ...

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MONTVALE, N.J., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- After enduring a six-month free-fall, the monthly Chief Executive magazine CEO Index showed signs of stabilization in May. The Index, which surveyed 334 U.S. top executives, barely budged in May, coming in at 95.8 points, or just 0.6 percent below April results. The majority of the five component indices-current, future, business, investment and employment-decreased this month, with only two Indices recording gains. The biggest decline from last month was reflected in the Employment Confidence Index which fell to 94.1 points, a 4 percent decrease. At a closer look, almost half of CEOs (43 percent) say employment will decrease over the next quarter, a stark contrast from only 16 percent who say employment will increase. The only Indices that made gains were the Future Confidence Index, which rose 15.7 percent to 84.4 points, and the Investment Confidence Index, which rose 2 percent ...