FT: Halliburton is the tip of the iceberg

2004-04-01 Thread Michael Pollak
, the initial bids have no binding force, and auditors are the only thing keeping people even minimally honest. And as Henry Bunting, late of Halliburton, famously put it, in 4 months on the job, he never saw an auditor in Iraq.] Financial Times; Mar 30, 2004 Focus on Halliburton obscures deeper

Re: Halliburton; still more cash

2004-01-17 Thread k hanly
I thought that Halliburton had already been exonerated by the Army Corps of Engineers. THere was a ruling made by Gen Flowers that Halliburton was not required to provide cost-pricing data for its dealings with a Kuwait supplier and that a fair price was paid. The ruling was made Dec. 19. See Wall

Halliburton; still more cash

2004-01-16 Thread Eubulides
Halliburton Gets More Iraq Work Subsidiary KBR Wins Previously No-Bid Job By Jackie Spinner Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, January 17, 2004; Page E01 The U.S. government yesterday awarded a Halliburton subsidiary, under fire for how much it paid to import fuel into Iraq, a competitively

Halliburton off the hook...

2004-01-10 Thread k hanly
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Army Corps of Engineers quietly exonerated Halliburton Co. (HAL, news) of any wrongdoing in a Kuwait fuel-delivery contract that Pentagon auditors asserted has overcharged the U.S. government by more than $100 million, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported. http

Halliburton the rest of the story!

2004-01-10 Thread k hanly
Army Corps Clears Halliburton in Iraq Fuel-Pricing Flap Tuesday, January 6, 2004 12:41 AM ET WASHINGTON -- The head of the Army Corps of Engineers quietly exonerated Halliburton Co. (HAL, news) of any wrongdoing in a Kuwait fuel-delivery contract that Pentagon auditors asserted has overcharged

Bechtel, Halliburton redux

2004-01-06 Thread Eubulides
later on Tuesday or on Wednesday when the Pentagon-run Program Management Office releases proposals for work. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Army Allows Halliburton to Supply Iraq Fuel Without Giving Price Data By MATT KELLEY Associated Press Writer Tuesday, January 6, 2004; 10:58 AM The Army has

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2003-11-17 Thread joanna bujes
Bring Halliburton Home lookout by Naomi Klein [from the November 24, 2003 issue of The Nation] This article can be found on the web at http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031124s=klein Cancel the contracts. Ditch the deals. Rip up the rules. Those are a few suggestions for slogans

Bring Halliburton Home

2003-11-09 Thread valle
lookout by Naomi Klein Bring Halliburton Home [The Nation from the November 24, 2003 issue] Cancel the contracts. Ditch the deals. Rip up the rules. Those are a few suggestions for slogans that could help unify the growing movement against the occupation of Iraq. So far, activist debates have

Re: Bring Halliburton Home

2003-11-09 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
And what is sovereignity in this day and age ? Sovereignity is a concept, but it's a relative concept. If there was a provisional government of Iraq, we could give it symbolic sovereignity and it would help it to gain legitimacy, thereby reducing the need for an assertive occupation. - Zbigniew

Halliburton

2003-08-28 Thread Eubulides
Halliburton's Deals Greater Than Thought By Michael Dobbs Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, August 28, 2003; Page A01 Halliburton, the company formerly headed by Vice President Cheney, has won contracts worth more than $1.7 billion under Operation Iraqi Freedom and stands to make hundreds

Halliburton contract balooning

2003-06-13 Thread k hanly
IN BRIEF / ENERGY Halliburton's Contract May Exceed Estimates http://www.latimes.com/la-fi-rup13.9jun13,0,2518514.story From Associated Press Halliburton Co.'s no-bid contract to revive Iraq's oil industry may last longer than originally estimated, the Army has acknowledged

Halliburton makes money. Iraq provides clients.

2003-03-31 Thread k hanly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Halliburton Co. has been awarded a $9.7 million contract to build an additional 204-cell detention camp at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to hold additional suspected al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners, the Pentagon said on Friday. The move will expand the high

Halliburton

2003-03-29 Thread Ian Murray
March 28, 2003, 11:06PM Houston company won't get contract Halliburton off list for rebuilding Iraq By DAVID IVANOVICH Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Halliburton Co. is not among the finalists for a $600 million government contract to help rebuild Iraq. The Houston-based

SEC is investigating Halliburton

2002-05-28 Thread Sabri Oncu
Top Financial News 05/28 22:43 Halliburton Says SEC Is Investigating Its Accounting (Update3) By Daniel Taub Dallas, May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Halliburton Co., the world's second-largest provider of oilfield services, said the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a change

Was the Fix In? New White House Counsel Accused of Favoritism for Cheney's Halliburton

2000-12-17 Thread Nathan Newman
PLEASE FORWARD- DID NEW WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL PUT FIX IN FOR CHENEY'S HALLIBURTON? Controversy Surrounds Texas Justices Acceptance of Donations and Rulings for Cheney Firm By Nathan Newman, Yale Law Campaign for a Legal Election [EMAIL PROTECTED] This Sunday, December 17th, Bush nominated

UPDATE: Was the Fix In? New White House Counsel Accused of Favoritism for Cheney's Halliburton

2000-12-17 Thread Nathan Newman
If folks send this out, use this updated version- additional conflict found based on Gonzales having REPRESENTED Halliburton when he was in private practice. Unbelievable. -- NN PLEASE FORWARD- DID NEW WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL PUT FIX IN FOR CHENEY'S HALLIBURTON? Controversy Surrounds Texas

FINAL UPDATE: Was the Fix In? New White House Counsel Accused of Favoritism for Cheney's Halliburton

2000-12-17 Thread Nathan Newman
Okay, final update. I had Florida on the brain and accidently wrote Florida Supreme Court rather than Texas Supreme Court. Please use this version. -- NN PLEASE FORWARD- DID NEW WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL PUT FIX IN FOR CHENEY'S HALLIBURTON? Controversy Surrounds Texas Justices Acceptance