Cisco plans 4-day shutdown to cut costs

November 25, 2008

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. will close most of its U.S. and Canadian offices for 4 days over the holidays as part of a plan to cut $1 billion in costs in the current fiscal year, the company said Tuesday.



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