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1 February - 15 March 2005
   
 

15/3/05

www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=7908872
Pentagon Says Halliburton Paid Too Much for Fuel
Reuters – USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Auditors believe Halliburton paid too much for fuel it brought into Iraq under a no-bid deal and “major” issues with the US defense …

www.ecommercetimes.com/story/business/pentagon-halliburton-41389.html
Pentagon Auditors Question Halliburton Contracts
E-Commerce Times – USA
Pentagon auditors questioned more than US$108 million in costs claimed by Halliburton on its $875 million contract to provide fuel in Iraq in 2003 and 2004 …

www.elitestv.com/pub/2005/Mar/EEN42372aa70c4c1.html
Halliburton May Have Overcharged US Gov’t in Iraq
Elites TV – Dickinson,TX,USA
The Pentagon and Justice Department are launching an investigation into charges that Halliburton overcharged the US military in Iraq as part of a no-bid …

thebosh.com/archives/2005/03/halliburton_den.php
Halliburton denies it overcharged US
Bosh – New York,NY,USA
According to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday, a Halliburton Co. unit is facing new questions from Pentagon auditors about bills …

www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=21642
Halliburton Fuel-Delivery Fees Questioned
HispanicBusiness.com – Santa Barbara,CA,USA
WASHINGTON, Mar 15, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) — The Pentagon is questioning some $108.4 million in expenditures Halliburton Co. …

www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=86130
Halliburton fuel-delivery fees questioned:
New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India
[World News]: WASHINGTON, March 15 : The Pentagon is questioning some $108.4 million in expenditures Halliburton Co.charged the US government for fuel delivery …

www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_19023.shtml
Pentagon Auditors: Halliburton Overcharged $100 Million
YubaNet – Nevada City,CA,USA
Waxman and Dingell reveal that Defense Department auditors have determined, in a report withheld from Congress, that Halliburton overcharged by more than $100 …

pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2005/03/why_are_hallibu.html
Why are Halliburton documents so hard to find?
Project on Government Oversight – Washington,DC,USA
… and Energy and Commerce Committees, respectively, caught and released an internal Department of Defense audit report detailing how Halliburton has overcharged …

www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/619/619p12.htm
Halliburton in Australia: the publicly funded war profiteer
Green Left Weekly – Chippendale,NSW,Australia
It also led to the most comprehensive account to be published so far on the Australian operations of the controversial US corporation Halliburton. …

13/3/05

SHOW’S not so ‘purrfect’ for female forces in Iraq
Sacramento Bee – Sacramento,CA,USA
… which bears seals for the Iraq Multi-National Corps and the US Army
MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) Unit, lists an e-mail address for
Halliburton Co., the …
www.sacbee.com/content/women/story/12549939p-13405165c.html

SHOW’S not so ‘purrfect’ for female forces in Iraq
Sacramento Bee – Sacramento,CA,USA
… which bears seals for the Iraq Multi-National Corps and the US Army
MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) Unit, lists an e-mail address for
Halliburton Co., the …
www.sacbee.com/content/women/story/12549939p-13405165c.html

12/3/05

HALLIBURTON Whistleblowers Highlight Waste of Taxpayer Dollars
Collective Bellaciao – Paris,France
… This is just an excerpt from a much longer expose of Halliburton’s
‘cost-plus’ practices and insider connections. I clipped …
bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5491

11/3/05

EFFORT To Divest From ‘Rogue States’ Working, City Says
New York Sun (subscription) – New York,NY,USA
… Additionally, the Fire Department, Police, and Board of Education Pension
Funds petitioned the Halliburton Company, which opened a Cayman Island
based business …
www.nysun.com/article/10348

8/3/05

freeinternetpress.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3110
Bechtel Gets Halliburton-style Deals
Free Internet Press – New York,NY,USA
Try to find more about an American company recommended by this administration called Bechtel. They got a contract in Romania ~ 2.5 …

www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D88
MSO001.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down

Halliburton partnership gets project pact
BusinessWeek – USA
8 11:00 AM ET Halliburton Co.’s KBR unit on Tuesday said its Indonesia unit and partners received an engineering and construction contract worth $1.8 billion …

www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=bondsNews&storyID=7840792
S&P raises Halliburton’s short-term debt rating
Reuters – USA
NEW YORK, March 8 (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday said it raised some of Halliburton Co’s (HAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) debt ratings, citing the …

houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2005/03/07/daily20.html?jst=b_ln_hl
Halliburton unit lands $1.8B contract
Houston Business Journal – Houston,TX,USA
… Province of Indonesia. KBR is the engineering and construction subsidiary of Houston-based Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL). The engineering …

msnbc.msn.com/id/7119752/
Halliburton, others evade Iran embargo
MSNBC – USA
It’s just another Halliburton oil and gas operation. … Halliburton says the operation — videotaped by NBC News — is entirely legal. …

ESG Western Europe (part of Halliburton)
The Lawyer – London,UK
Last October, as Halliburton faced another month of hostile press attention
arising from ongoing allegations that it bribed officials to gain contracts
for the …
www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=114289&d=195&h=24&f=46

7/3/05

www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/618/618p12b.htm
Halliburton and the laundry take-over
Green Left Weekly – Chippendale,NSW,Australia
In an email home on September 29, Brayden described how the US multinational Halliburton took over the lucrative laundry facilities at the Baghdad airport. …

www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/618/618p7b.htm
Our Common Cause: Money for aid, not war
Green Left Weekly – Chippendale,NSW,Australia
… US companies, such as Halliburton and Bechtel, were awarded millions in reconstruction contracts, while qualified Iraqi businesses were sidelined. …

4/3/05

HALLIBURTON to operate drilling at Iran’s SP fields
IranMania News – Iran
LONDON, March 3 (IranMania) – Despite the ban on its activities in Iran,
the US Halliburton Company is still held accountable for the drilling
operations in …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?News
Code=30124&NewsKind=Business%20%26%20Economy

HALLIBURTON warns of bid-rigging probe
MarketWatch – USA
DALLAS (MarketWatch) – The case for Halliburton to sell its engineering
and construction unit KBR keeps building. In the annual …
cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B9168DD11
-5560-490C-A38B-EA4B51698052%7D&siteid=google&dist=google

GOVERNMENT Case Against Halliburton Heats Up
The NewStandard – Syracuse,NY,USA
by Madeleine Baran (bio). Mar 3 – Amidst debate over changing workplace
regulations, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s …
newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=1503

3/3/05

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490C-A38B-EA4B51698052%7D&siteid=google&dist=google

Halliburton warns of bid-rigging probe
MarketWatch – USA
DALLAS (MarketWatch) – The case for Halliburton to sell its engineering and construction unit KBR keeps building. In the annual …

2/3/05

www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/ap/2005/03/02/ap1857499.html
Halliburton Bribery Investigation Expands
Forbes – USA
A federal investigation into an alleged $180 million bribery scandal in Nigeria involving a Halliburton Co. subsidiary and other …

www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7786217
Halliburton Says US Probes Foreign Bids
Reuters – USA
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Halliburton Co. said in a regulatory filing that the US Justice Department is looking into whether former employees …

www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-halliburton2mar0
2,1,4690041.story?coll=la-headlines-business

Halliburton in Antitrust Probe
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Halliburton Co., the world’s second-biggest oil field services provider, said the Justice Department was investigating possible antitrust violations involving …

1/3/05

A profit powerhouse
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) – New South Wales,Australia
Controversy follows the US giant Halliburton wherever it goes but little
is known about its Australian operations, write Nick Calacouras and Wendy
Bacon. …
www.smh.com.au/news/Business/A-profit-powerhouse/2005/02/28/1109546795449.html

ARMY Gives Halliburton ‘Excellent’ Rating
NewsMax.com – West Palm Beach,FL,USA
In the eyes of the American media, officials with the energy services company
Halliburton are an evil war profiteers who have hit the “blood for oil”
jackpot …
www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/2/28/113026.shtml

$9 Billion lost, Halliburton Looting, and Bush wants $82 Billion …
Collective Bellaciao – Paris,France
The United States interim government, the CPA, run by Paul Bremer, and
Dick Cheney’s firm Halliburton have been shamed by whistleblowers documenting
blatant …
bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5392

28/2/05

www.uruknet.info/?p=m10016&l=i&size=1&hd=0
Halliburton Wins in Iraq
uruknet.info – Italy
Halliburton, under scrutiny for its contracts in Iraq, would receive an extra $1.5 billion as part of the Bush administration’s additional war spending …

26/2/05

HALLIBURTON Could Get $1.5 Bln More Iraq Work-Army
Reuters – USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Halliburton Co., under scrutiny for its contracts in Iraq, would receive an extra $1.5 billion as part of the Bush administration’s …
olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7745573

ARMY Awards Bonus to Halliburton for Supply Work
DefenseNews.com (subscription) – USA
… 24 it had given bonuses to Texas company Halliburton for its logistical work in Kuwait and Afghanistan but had not yet decided whether to give a performance …
www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=685468&C=landwar

LETTERS, faxes, and e-mail
Moblie Register – Mobile,AL,USA
… No liberal Democrat can ever ponder Iraq without exposing that dastardly Halliburton, which has raped and pillaged the American taxpayer by overcharging by …
www.al.com/opinion/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1109326986240200.xml

25/2/05

www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0225halliburton11.html
Halliburton to get $9 mil Army bonus
AZ Central.com – AZ,USA
WASHINGTON – The Army announced Thursday that it has approved $9.4 million in bonus payments to a Halliburton Co. subsidiary on …

www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-halli
burton25feb25,1,2220539.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Army Gives Halliburton $9.4 Million in Bonuses
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
WASHINGTON — Halliburton Co. received $9.4 million in bonuses for its work in Kuwait and Afghanistan, the Army said Thursday. …

www.periodico26.cu/english_new/features/halliburton240205.htm
Halliburton’s murky path
Periódico 26 – Las Tunas,Cuba
The fact that the transnational Halliburton is involved in more obscure dealings, many of which have been exposed but never condemned, is no longer news. …

24/2/05

olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7732144
Army Awards Bonus to Halliburton for Supply Work
Reuters – USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Army said on Thursday it had given bonuses to Texas company Halliburton for its logistical work in Kuwait and Afghanistan but had …

23/2/05

KBR Opens New Engineering Center in Jakarta, Indonesia
I-Newswire.com (press release) – USA
KBR, the engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), officially opened its newest engineering center in Jakarta, Indonesia today. …
i-newswire.com/pr7725.html

MSNBC – Business As Usual?
Business As Usual? Halliburton’s CEO says his company is pulling out of Iran. … ONLINE MAIL CALL. Our Readers Write Halliburton’s Dealings With Iran. …
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6982444/site/newsweek/

i-newswire.com/pr7725.html
KBR Opens New Engineering Center in Jakarta, Indonesia
I-Newswire.com (press release) – USA
KBR, the engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), officially opened its newest engineering center in Jakarta, Indonesia today. …

22/2/05

www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/oil-f22.shtml
Britain: radio programme exposes corruption and theft in Iraq
World Socialist Web Site – Oak Park,MI,USA
… The programme spoke to Marie de Young, who had worked as a logistics specialist for Halliburton, one of the Bush administration’s favoured companies …

20/2/05

HALLIBURTON, Business As Usual?
Persian Journal – Iran
Halliburton’s CEO says his company is pulling out of Iran. But a corporate
subsidiary is still going ahead with a deal to develop Tehran’s natural
gas fields. …
www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_5803.shtml

BUSH Enlists Europe to Isolate Iran, Syria
AINA – Modesto,CA,USA
… trip since reelection, President Bush said yesterday he would seek
to persuade European allies to form a unified front against Syria and
Iran, countries that …
www.aina.org/news/20050219131857.htm

PUTIN sees no threat in Iran’s nuclear goals
San Francisco Chronicle – USA
Moscow — President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia would continue
to help Iran develop nuclear power and that he was convinced the country
did not …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/02/19/MNGUFBE5BD1.DTL

EL Baradei says US involvement in Iran talks essential
Aljazeera.com – London,UK
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed El Baradei,
has called on the US to join the diplomatic talks held by EU with Iran
in an …
www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7078

ELBARADEI calls on US to join talks with Iran
IranMania News – Iran
… The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, called on
the United States to join European countries attempting to ensure Iran
does not build …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.
asp?NewsCode=29834&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

IRAN may give $200m special buyer’s credit
Daily Times – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Iran is considering giving a special buyer’s credit of $200
million to Pakistan, a government official at the Finance Ministry told
Daily Times on …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_20-2-2005_pg7_29

19/2/05

HALLIBURTON DONATES LAPTOP COMPUTERS FOR TROOPS IN IRAQ
I-Newswire.com (press release) – USA
Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) is donating 12 laptop computers to the 256th Brigade
of the Army National Guard in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, for use by troops
in the …
i-newswire.com/pr7461.html

RICE appoints ex-ambassador to policy post
Houston Chronicle – USA
By DAVID IVANOVICH. WASHINGTON – The former US ambassador to Kuwait who
personally intervened to demand that Halliburton Co. sign …
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3045351

WILL LNG Save America’s Oil-Addicted Economy?
New California Media – San Francisco,CA,USA
… The man widely presumed to be leading the fight against American energy
decline is Vice President Dick Cheney, Halliburton’s chief executive from
1995 to 2000. …
news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?
article_id=03526b3a8c2f6135572099822208d0f9

18/2/05

www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3045351
Rice appoints ex-ambassador to policy post
Houston Chronicle – USA
By DAVID IVANOVICH. WASHINGTON – The former US ambassador to Kuwait who personally intervened to demand that Halliburton Co. sign …

www2.townonline.com/bellingham/opinion/view.bg?articleid=188436
Editorial: Fine tuning homeland security
Bellingham CountryGazette – Milford,MA,USA
… October. Halliburton, the defense giant responsible for the shipment, waited four months to notify federal officials. Apparently …

RICE moves to name senior advisers
Boston Globe – USA
… has chosen Richard Jones, a former ambassador to Kuwait and deputy
of the Coalition Provisional Authority who has been linked to the Halliburton
inquiries, as …
www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/02/17/rice_moves_to_name_senior_advisers

15/2/05

bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5312
Whistleblowers Detail Corruption and Fraud at Halliburton during …
Collective Bellaciao – Paris,France
… Halliburton has reportedly overcharged us $100 million dollars for fuel. … Halliburton charged for 42,000 meals per day when it only delivered 14,000 per day. …

13/2/05

www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=10399&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported
Halliburton Contracts Illegal – Bush & Cheney Say So What
Independent Media TV – USA
After millions of tax dollars were spent investigating how Halliburton ended up being awarded billions of dollar worth of no-bid contracts in Iraq, the …

www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-
usspec13,0,3082814.story?coll=ny-nation-big-pix

Pentagon to offer bonuses to special ops
Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
… retention say they have little choice but to compete in the marketplace with companies like Blackwater Security Consulting and Halliburton, who advertise on …

www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/02/13/
cnkbr13.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2005/02/13/ixcity.html

for sale sign over Nigg yard
Telegraph.co.uk – UK
Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), the UK subsidiary of Halliburton, the US defence contractor, has put its controversial Nigg oil platform yard in Scotland up for …

www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzcov13,0,4487183.story?coll=ny-business-big-pix
Working in a war zone
Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
… Still, 1 in 10 applicants for jobs with the Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root, based in Houston, remain willing to take those well-paying truck driver …

12/2/05

www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050211-033608-5711r
Analysis: Cuban oil finds may bring change
World Peace Herald – Washington,DC,USA
… the Spanish. “Halliburton officials said it would certainly change the posture of the petroleum industry,” Alvarado said. “For the …

www.uruknet.info/?p=m9604&l=i&size=1&hd=0
Profiteering from the Iraq war
uruknet.info – Italy
… 1. HALLIBURTON: In December Congressman Waxman disclosed “a growing list of concerns about Halliburton’s performance” on contracts that total $10.8 billion …

11/2/05

www.uruknet.info/?p=m9604&l=i&size=1&hd=0
Profiteering from the Iraq war
uruknet.info – Italy
… 1. HALLIBURTON: In December Congressman Waxman disclosed “a growing list of concerns about Halliburton’s performance” on contracts that total $10.8 billion …

edition.cnn.com/2005/US/02/10/missing.material.ap/
Missing radioactive Halliburton shipment found
CNN International – USA
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Halliburton Co. shipment … Both the NRC and Halliburton officials said Thursday that the public never was in danger. The …

www.disinfo.com/site/displayarticle9264.html
Army Agrees To Pay Halliburton $2 Billion For Imaginary Work
DisInfo.com – USA
‘The US Army agreed to pay Halliburton’s KBR subsidiary nearly $2 billion for work that nobody can prove ever took place. The work …

www.easttennessean.com/news/2005/02/10/Viewpoint/
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State of the Union misleads public
East Tennessean Online Edition (subscription) – Johnson City,TN,USA
… However, this focus on asbestos may be explained by the fact that Halliburton recently lost a $30 million suit brought against it by 100 families. …

www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Halliburton-
keeps-nuke-loss-a-secret/2005/02/11/1108061839480.html

Halliburton keeps nuke loss a secret
Age (subscription) – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Halliburton Co, an oil services company and major military contractor in Iraq, lost track of a shipment of radioactive material in October but didn’t alert the …

8/2/05

www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/business/business-arms-britain.html
Halliburton Unit Wins Role on UK Aircraft Carriers
New York Times – USA
LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Halliburton unit Kellogg Brown & Root was chosen by Britain on Monday to coordinate construction of two aircraft carriers worth 2.9 …

www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/10839712.htm
SEC Lets Halliburton Exclude Resolution
Miami Herald (subscription) – Miami,FL,USA
WASHINGTON – The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sided with Halliburton Co. and ruled that the company …

biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050207/larstr4_1.html
Halliburton Investor Relations Retained as Counsel to EDAP TMS SA …
Yahoo News (press release) – USA
7 /PRNewswire/ — EDAP TMS SA (Nasdaq: EDAP – News), has retained Halliburton Investor Relations to assist the company in its efforts to communicate with the …

www.niagarafallsreporter.com/hanchette147.html
MOUNTAIN VIEWS: ENRON, HALLIBURTON STORIES FADING FROM FRONT PAGES …
Niagarafallsreporter.com – Niagara Falls,NY,USA
… It involves another recognizable corporate name: the Halliburton Company, once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney. Halliburton …

7/2/05

www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/10839712.htm
SEC Lets Halliburton Exclude Resolution
Miami Herald (subscription) – Miami,FL,USA
WASHINGTON – The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sided with Halliburton Co. and ruled that the company …

www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_
id=10364&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported

Bush Administration Pays Halliburton For Services Never Rendered
Independent Media TV – USA
… To no one’s surprise I’m sure, Walker listed Halliburton’s overbilling for meals as the kind of typical overcharging that is occurring. …

www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1407190,00.html
BAE thrashes out carrier deal
Guardian – UK
BAE had threatened to withdraw from the project over a decision to grant an arm of US service firm, Halliburton, the role of project manager. …

i-newswire.com/pr5609.html
Department of Defense Approves Army’s Request to Deviate on KBR …
I-Newswire.com (press release) – USA
Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) confirmed today that the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) has informed KBR that the Army Materiel Command (AMC) has approved AFSC’s …

www.halliburtonwatch.org/
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Department of Defense Approves Army’s Request to Deviate on KBR …
I-Newswire.com (press release) – USA
Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) confirmed today that the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) has informed KBR that the Army Materiel Command (AMC) has approved AFSC’s …

business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=142222005
BAE eyes deal with MoD to end carrier row
Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
… BAE – alongside fellow defence giant Thales – had objected to the MoD’s choice of a Halliburton-owned firm as “physical integrator” of the project. …

6/2/05

news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=608176
Walk if you dare, Hoon to tell BAE over carriers
Independent – UK
Geoff Hoon will this week defy Britain’s largest defence company, BAE Systems, by hiring the controversial US construction group Halliburton to oversee the …

www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/02/05/100loc_settlement001.cfm
Widow wins asbestos claim
Everett Herald – Everett,WA,USA
… Lawyers for about 120 families this week announced an out-of-court settlement with Halliburton Co., a manufacturer of asbestos products that were used in naval …

www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-1471675,00.html
Deadline for BAE in warships fight
The Sunday Times – UK
… in an attempt to end a bitter dispute over the appointment of Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR), a subsidiary of the American contractor Halliburton, to oversee the …

5/2/05

www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/02/05/100loc_settlement001.cfm
Widow wins asbestos claim
Everett Herald – Everett,WA,USA
… Lawyers for about 120 families this week announced an out-of-court settlement with Halliburton Co., a manufacturer of asbestos products that were used in naval …

www.nytimes.com/2005/02/04/international/middleeast/04halliburton.html
No Cut in Halliburton Payments
New York Times – USA
… the advice of its own auditors, the Army said yesterday that it would not hold back tens of millions of dollars each month from the Halliburton Company until …

www.theneworleanschannel.com/money/4165149/detail.html
Army To Pay Full Contract Amount To Halliburton
New Orleans Channel.com – New Orleans,LA,USA
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has decided to pay in full for logistical services provided to US troops by Halliburton subsidiary KBR. …

www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2005/s1296047.htm
Claims Halliburton receiving special treatment in Iraq
ABC Online – Australia
Today the US Army said it would not be taking action against the American firm, Halliburton, which used to be run by Vice President Dick Cheney. …

4/2/05

www.alternet.org/rights/21177/
Is This The Best We Can Do?
AlterNet – San Francisco,CA,USA
… During that time, Dick Cheney was head of Halliburton, which was the second-largest corporate contributor to Texas Supreme Court races. …

www.mlive.com/newsflash/business/index.ssf?/base/
business-34/1107471764292140.xml&storylist=mibusiness

Army will pay full amount to Halliburton
MLive.com – MI,USA
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army said Thursday it will not withhold any of the payments due Halliburton in a contract providing services to US troops in Iraq and …

seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002169786_webastestos03.html
Halliburton settles asbestos claims with families of local victims
Seattle Times – Seattle,WA,USA
The Halliburton Company settled legal claims with about 120 families of asbestos victims in the Pacific Northwest this week, agreeing to pay out $30 million …

houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2005/01/31/daily55.html?jst=b_ln_hl
Army continues to put off withholding Halliburton payments
Houston Business Journal – Houston,TX,USA
The billing dispute between the US military and Halliburton Co. … “This is indeed great news for KBR,” said Halliburton Chief Operating Officer Andy Lane. …

pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2005/02/the_pentagon_no.html
The Pentagon NOT holding Halliburton accountable
Project on Government Oversight – Washington,DC,USA
… Counsel, is available for interviews concerning the breaking story that the Army has decided NOT to withold payments from Halliburton (here’s Halliburton’s …

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House Probes N293bn Escravos Gas Contract
AllAfrica.com – Africa
… sponsored by Chairman of the Committee, Hon Mercy Almona-Isei with support from 41 other members had the lawmakers expressing concern that Halliburton and TSKJ ..

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58298-2005Feb2.html
Halliburton Doing Business With the ‘Axis of Evil’
Washington Post (Subscription) – Washington,DC,USA
By Jefferson Morley. The award for oddest geopolitical couple of 2005 goes to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Houston-based Halliburton. …

www.forbes.com/business/commerce/2005/02/02/0202autofacescan07.html
Immelt: GE Follows Halliburton, Ends New Business In Iran
Forbes – USA
… Iran. The announcement comes just days after Halliburton (nyse: HAL – news – people ) said it will wind down its operations there. …

www.smartmoney.com/stockwatch/index.cfm?story=20050202
What the HAL?
Smartmoney.com (subscription) – USA
The fortunes of Halliburton (HAL), the oil services and government contracting business best known for its support-services work in Iraq, seem to be on the …

2/2/05

www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/10797112.htm
GE to Halt New Business Orders in Iran
Miami Herald (subscription) – Miami,FL,USA
… The move by the world’s largest company by market value comes just days after another conglomerate, Halliburton Co., announced it will wind down its operations …

1/2/05

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MoD plans for BAE quitting alliance
Financial Times – UK
… KBR, a subsidiary of US-based contractor Halliburton, would manage the alliance, and other UK shipbuilders including Babcock Engineering Services, owner of the …

www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/5035128.shtml
Yards voice fears at US firm’s £8bn contract bid
Glasgow Evening Times – Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Shop stewards at Govan and Scotstoun want further information after it emerged Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), part of the Halliburton group, are favourites to …

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Halliburton proves expensive for US
Al-Jazeera.Net – Qatar
The top US commander in Baghdad is facing a budget gap of at least $4 billion between what Halliburton Co says it will cost to provide services for US troops …

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Halliburton Pulling Out Of Iran
Free Internet Press – New York,NY,USA
US energy services company Halliburton is to end its operations in Iran after existing contracts come to an end. Several American …

www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=25231325&brk=1
The Halliburton Way: First, Book the Money,Then Get Politically …
Investor’s Business Daily (subscription) – USA
Jan 31, 2005 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) — January 31, 2005 (FinancialWire) One could never accuse Halliburton (HAL), whose CEO was Dick Cheney before he …

www.forbes.com/markets/economy/2005/01/31/0131automarketscan13.html
Halliburton Poised For Q1 ‘Upside Surprise’
Forbes – USA
JP Morgan Securities said Halliburton (nyse: HAL – news – people ) is poised for an “upside surprise” in the first quarter despite investors’ mixed reaction to …

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On the defensive
Financial Times – UK
Now the company faces the prospect of having the programme run by Halliburton subsidiary KBR, which has been selected by the defence ministry to manage the …

    
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