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Sikorsky Selects Butler America to Setup Engineering Design Center in Indiana

Charleston Alliance to turn MATRIC's debt into equity
Date: 10/29/08
The Charleston Area Alliance will turn some of a $500,000 line of credit given to the Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research and Innovation Center into an investment in the company, the Alliance's board of directors decided Tuesday at its bi-monthly meeting. More...

New MATRIC Partnership Creates 150 Jobs
Date: 10/15/08
The Mid-Atlantic Technology Research and Innovation Center Oct. 15 that it is forming the International Design Center through a strategic alliance with Butler Internatinal Inc. More...

Hundreds of jobs announced for MATRIC site
Date: 10/15/08
The Mid-Atlantic Technology Research and Innovation Center today announced a partnership that is expected to create more than 150 jobs in South Charleston. More...

CEO Confidence Experiences a Brief Recovery
Date: 10/02/08
The Business Condition Index experienced the highest gains, increasing 18.1 points to 102.5, followed by the Employment Confidence Index, which increased 13.6 points to 100.9. More...

What's In A Leader? Ed Kopko and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Date: 08/07/07
Recent focus on board activism and chief executive turnover would have you believe that these are particularly difficult times for CEOs and that the job of a CEO is more challenging than it has ever been. The fact is, the job of a CEO has always been a highly complex task. More...

CEO Confidence Rebounds After a Historic Fall
Date: 09/04/08
The Investment and Future Confidence Indices, which rose by 12.0 and 11.9 points, respectively, led the gains. On the investment front, 52 percent of respondents said they expect capital spending at their company to stay the same. More...

CEO Confidence Experiences a Brief Recovery

Date:10/02/08
The Business Condition Index experienced the highest gains, increasing 18.1 points to 102.5, followed by the Employment Confidence Index, which increased 13.6 points to 100.9. More...

CEO Confidence Rebounds After a Historic Fall

Date:09/04/08
The Investment and Future Confidence Indices, which rose by 12.0 and 11.9 points, respectively, led the gains. On the investment front, 52 percent of respondents said they expect capital spending at their company to stay the same. More...

Date: 06/03/08
Anne Mulcahy Becomes the First Woman CEO to Receive Chief Executive Magazine's 'CEO of the Year' Award More...

CEO Confidence Experiences a Brief Recovery
Date:10/02/08
The Business Condition Index experienced the highest gains, increasing 18.1 points to 102.5, followed by the Employment Confidence Index, which increased 13.6 points to 100.9. More...

CEO Confidence Rebounds After a Historic Fall
Date:09/04/08
The Investment and Future Confidence Indices, which rose by 12.0 and 11.9 points, respectively, led the gains. On the investment front, 52 percent of respondents said they expect capital spending at their company to stay the same. More...

CEO confidence improves in April
Date:05/02/08
The CEO Index grew roughly 13 percent to 96.4 points in April, but remained at its lowest level since 2003 and is 63 percent lower than where it was this time last year. More...

CEO Confidence Experiences a Brief Recovery
Date: 10/02/08
All five indices, with the exception of the Investment Confidence Index, rose in September. The Business Condition Index experienced the highest gains, increasing 18.1 points to 102.5, followed by the Employment Confidence Index, which increased 13.6 points to 100.9. More...

U.S. CEO confidence up but still cautious - survey
Date: 09/04/08
The magazine's CEO Confidence Index rose 10.4 points to 92.6, up from a six-year low of 82.2 reached in July, with top executives indicating they did not plan to cut capital spending over the coming months. More...

UPDATE 1-US CEO confidence index drops to record low-survey
Date: 04/03/08
An index of chief executives' confidence in the U.S. economy plunged to a record low last month, reflecting deeper concerns about the U.S. credit crisis and prospects for hiring. More...

One-quarter of US CEOs see likely recession-survey
Date: 11/01/07
A monthly CEO confidence index fell 3 points in October to 127.5 points, its lowest level since July 2003, amid concerns about the effects of a subprime mortgage crisis, a weak U.S. housing market, and record oil prices. The latest level compares to a base of 100, when the index was launched in October 2002. Its trough of about 89 points was in April 2003, and the index peaked at about 182 points in January 2006. More...

CEO Confidence Experiences a Brief Recovery

Date: 10/02/08
The Business Condition Index experienced the highest gains, increasing 18.1 points to 102.5, followed by the Employment Confidence Index, which increased 13.6 points to 100.9. More...

CEO Confidence Rebounds After a Historic Fall

Date: 09/04/08
The Investment and Future Confidence Indices, which rose by 12.0 and 11.9 points, respectively, led the gains. On the investment front, 52 percent of respondents said they expect capital spending at their company to stay the same. More...

CEO Confidence Experiences a Brief Recovery

CEO Confidence Rebounds After a Historic Fall

Date: 06/03/08
Anne Mulcahy Becomes the First Woman CEO to Receive Chief Executive Magazine's 'CEO of the Year' Award More...

CEO confidence on the upswing in August
Date: 09/04/08
That's according to Chief Executive magazine's CEO Index. The monthly survey of 292 top executives put the index at 92.6, the highest since May 2008 when it was at 95.8. More...

CEO Confidence Experiences a Brief Recovery

Date:10/02/08
All five indices, with the exception of the Investment Confidence Index, rose in September. The Business Condition Index experienced the highest gains, increasing 18.1 points to 102.5, followed by the Employment Confidence Index, which increased 13.6 points to 100.9. More...

CEO Confidence Rebounds After a Historic Fall

Date: 06/03/08
Anne Mulcahy Becomes the First Woman CEO to Receive Chief Executive Magazine's 'CEO of the Year' Award More...

CEO confidence rose in Sept. before Wall Street woes
Date: 10/02/08
CEO Confidence Index jumped 7.9 points in September, although executives were surveyed in the first week of the month before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the following turmoil in financial markets. More...

CEO confidence gets better in April
Date: 05/02/08
The index is culled from interviews with 635 top U.S. executives. It tracks several indices -- current, future, business, investment and employment. In April, the Future Confidence Index had the sharpest increase, rising 15.7 percent to 84.4 points. More...

Fishing For Talent
Date: April 08
Butler America addresses the workforce gap and the strong demand for engineers. Butler America President and CEO Edward Kopko and Senior VP Jim Beckley recently spoke with Airline Procurement about the company's global expansion, engineering staffing experience and outsourcing activities. More...

CEO Confidence Rebounds After a Historic Fall
Date:09/04/08
The Investment and Future Confidence Indices, which rose by 12.0 and 11.9 points, respectively, led the gains. On the investment front, 52 percent of respondents said they expect capital spending at their company to stay the same. More...

CEO Confidence Hits Record Low
Date:04/03/08
An index of chief executives' confidence in the US economy plunged to a record low last month, reflecting deeper concerns about the credit crisis and prospects for hiring. More...

CEO survey: Michigan needs tax, workforce overhaul
Date: 09/16/08
Speaking at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Future Forum, Ed Kopko, CEO and Chairman of the New York City-based magazine, said polling by the magazine shows Michigan consistently ranked as one of the worst states to do business. More...

CEO Confidence Rebounds After a Historic Fall
Date: 09/05/08
Survey respondent Micah Johnson, CEO of the Entegy Group, noted, "I believe the economy is a little better than the media would have everyone believe. Overall, I believe we will continue to grow and the economy will improve." More...

CEOs see dismal economy: magazine survey
Date: 07/14/08
CEOs portray a gloomy forecast for the U.S. economy according to a new survey by Chief Executive Magazine, Ed Kopko, publisher and CEO of the magazine tells Kelsey Hubbard about the survey's results and the CEOs' prescription for future U.S. economic strength. More...

CEOs Worried About US Economy
Date: 07/11/08
Ed Kopko, CEO of Chief Executive Magazine, discusses what executives believe needs to be done to keep America competitive globally. More...

Falling Markets' Nastiest Habit
Date: 07/06/08
THE OUTSIZED FOCUS LAST WEEK ON THE DOW'S REACHING "official" bear-market status with a 20% decline from a recent high is a bit like fixating on the moment that storm winds go from 73 to 74 miles per hour to formally become a hurricane. More...

CLOUDY FORECAST
Date: 07/06/08
The chief executives out there are depressed. “This is as pessimistic as we’ve seen,” said
Edward M. Kopko. More...

Date: 06/03/08
Xerox chief first woman named CEO of the year More...

Date: 06/03/08
Anne Mulcahy Becomes the First Woman CEO to Receive Chief Executive Magazine's 'CEO of the Year' Award More...

CEO confidence gets better in April
Date: 05/02/08
American chief executives' confidence in the national economy improved in April, according to Chief Executive magazine's monthly CEO Index. More...

CEO confidence up in April
Date: 05/02/08
CEO confidence in the economy improved by nearly 16 percent in April according to Chief Executive magazine's monthly CEO Index. Overall, however, CEOs remained concerned about the economy. More...

CEOs: Increasingly Skittish
Date: 04/10/08
The CEO economic outlook index was unchanged in the first quarter of 2008, the survey shows, at a level of 79.5. (Levels above 50 indicate expansion.) The index reflects sales, capital expenditures, and employment estimates for the next six months. More...

CEOs Show Pessimism About Economy
Date: 04/03/08
An index of chief executives' confidence in the US economy plunged to a record low last month, reflecting deeper concerns about the credit crisis and prospects for hiring. More...

CEO confidence index drops to record low
Date: 04/03/08
The monthly confidence index stood at 84.1 in March - 25.3 points lower than February and down by half since July, shortly before the subprime mortgage crisis hit. The figures compare with a base number of 100 when the index began in October 2002 and a peak of 182.4 in January 2006. More...

Happy Employees Boost Customer Satisfaction AND Bottom-Line
"[Kopko] has always taken a holistic approach to quality," explains Robin Uhl, director of marketing for Montvale, NJ-based Butler. "He believes we have to keep all of our constituencies happy-employees, customers and shareholders. More...

Pessimism Is Growing in Executive Suites
Date: 12/06/07
Surveys of corporate chief executives and chief financial officers released yesterday showed sharp declines in optimism about the economy and business conditions, providing more evidence that the economy is slowing. Overall, the C.E.O. confidence index fell for the fourth consecutive month, and was the lowest since May 2003. More...

RESISTANT TO SPIN Many C.E.O.�s are known for putting a positive spin on negative news
Date: 04/06/08
The C.E.O. Confidence Index, measured by Chief Executive magazine since 2002, plunged to a record low last month. Not mincing words, 52 percent of top chiefs surveyed called current business conditions downright "bad." No word on whether the magazine plans to add choices like "truly abysmal" or "utterly hopeless" to the survey, just in case "bad" ends up becoming business as usual.. More...

CEO Confidence on the Decline
Date: 12/01/07
CEO confidence continued to decline falling 2 percent to 127.5 points. The polling, which was conducted among 536 C-level executives, highlighted the divergence between the stock market and CEOs' reaction to the Fed rate cuts. More...