At the end of its 2007 fiscal year, Cisco Systems, Inc., the producer of routers and other hardware and software for the telecommunications industry, reported shareholders' equity of $31,931 million. At the end of the first nine months of fiscal 2008, the firm reported $32,304 million in equity along with $6,526 million of comprehensive income for the period.
a. What was the net transactions with share holders in the first nine months of 2008?
b. Cisco paid no dividends and share issues amounted to $2,869 million. What was the amount of shares repurchased during the first nine months of 2008?