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11 hrs ago | GuruFocus.com

Halliburton Company (HAL) Chairman, Pres. and CEO David J Lesar sells 40,000 Shares

Chairman, Pres. and CEO of Halliburton Company David J Lesar sells 40,000 shares of HAL on 12/10/2009 at an average price of $28 a share.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

21 hrs ago | Bloomberg

Pemex Slashes 2010 Chicontepec Budget, Plans to Boost Cantarell Spending

Petroleos Mexicanos, the state-owned oil company, cut the proposed 2010 budget for its $11.1 billion Chicontepec field by 22 percent and almost doubled next yeara s spending on the aging Cantarell deposit.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Wed Dec 09, 2009

Raw Story

US soldier defending KBR site in Iraq died of toxic exposure

If Lt. Col. Jim Gentry and his doctors were right about the cause of his cancer, the Indiana National Guard officer didn't die for his country -- he died for defense contractor KBR.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Evan Bayh, Democrat, US National Guard, US Military, Evansville, IN, Energy, Oil & Gas

Tue Dec 08, 2009

Abc13.com

Judge sets 2011 trial date for Iraq rape case

A federal judge has set a 2011 trial date for a lawsuit from a Texas woman alleging she was gang-raped by co-workers while employed by a Halliburton Co.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Mon Dec 07, 2009

InvestmentNews

Number of defendants settling with SEC is down 8% in '09

The number of defendants agreeing to settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission dropped for the second straight time in fiscal 2009, declining nearly 8% to 626 defendants from 673 in fiscal 2008, according to a report released today by NERA Economic Consulting.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Banking, Financial Services, Ubs Ag, Energy, Oil & Gas

Sun Dec 06, 2009

Hotels

Designer: What U.S. Business Must Do To Succeed Overseas

"You don't have to be a Halliburton to succeed in the Middle East," says Jeffrey Ornstein, CEO of J/Brice Design, which has established itself as an international hotel-design powerhouse through its growing presence in the region.

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Related Topix: US Travel, Travel, Energy, Oil & Gas, World News, Saudi Arabia Travel, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar

Thu Dec 03, 2009

City Pages

Republicans still steamed over Franken's rape amendment

Sen. Al Franken has found a sure-fire way to rile his Republican colleagues on Capitol Hill -- and keep them riled: Force them to cast a vote that pits corporate interests against victims of rape.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Ted Poe, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mixed Martial Arts, Josh Koscheck, Energy, Oil & Gas, Law, Employment / Labor Law

Sun Nov 29, 2009

TheStreet.com

Oil Service Losers: TETRA, Halliburton

Stocks in the oil-services sector took it on the chin during Friday's trading session, one of the many sectors of the worldwide economy to feel the ripple effects of the announcement from formerly high-flying Gulf state Dubai that it could not meet its scheduled debt payments.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Tetra Technologies, Chemicals

Fri Nov 27, 2009

MarketWatch

Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises

Energy stocks traded mixed Wednesday ahead of weekly inventory data from the Energy Information Administration.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Energy, Oil & Gas, MarketWatch, Startups, Tiffany , Retail, Jewelry

Thu Nov 26, 2009

SchaeffersResearch.com Daily Market Blog

Pessimism Lingers on Halliburton

This jump in trading volume was more than double the stock's average daily trading volume, according to data from WhatsTrading.com. What's more, 56% of the volume changed hands on the call side.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Financial Markets, Personal Finance, Day Trading

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Blogging Stocks

Halliburton (HAL) warns of weaker Q4 earnings

Filed under: Forecasts , Bad news , Halliburton , Options , Technical Analysis , Oil Halliburton stock is trading lower after the company said Tuesday that reduced activity by major Mexican customer Petroleos Mexicanos will reduce HAL's Q4 EPS by 2 cents .

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Houston Chronicle

Judge says Halliburton must stay in convoy death case

A Houston judge ruled today that Halliburton must remain as a defendant in a lawsuit alleging it and its former subsidiary KBR knowingly sent civilian truck convoys into dangerous conditions the day six drivers were killed in 2004 in Iraq.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, US News, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Tue Nov 24, 2009

TheStreet.com

Halliburton Net Clipped by Pemex Slowdown

Halliburton said reduced activity from Petroleos Mexicanos , its primary customer in Mexico, will cut fourth-quarter earnings by 2 cents a share.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Mexico, NY, Business News

Business Wire

Halliburton Provides Update on Mexico Operations

Halliburton today announced a major reduction in activity from its primary customer in Mexico, Petroleos Mexicanos , for the fourth quarter of 2009.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Houston Chronicle

British man fighting extradition in KBR case

A British lawyer accused in the United States of helping a former Halliburton Co.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Houston Metro

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Houstonpress.com

KBR Rape Victim's Arbitration Award Not So Final Yet

Just when it looked as if the legal battle between former KBR contractor Tracy Barker and Halliburton, which used to own KBR, was about to come to a multi-million dollar conclusion, filings made today in the rape case seem to indicate there is still some ways to go until it is all over.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Houston Metro

Fri Nov 20, 2009

ABC News

Woman Who Claims Sexual Assault Wins $3 Million From Former Halliburton Division

Tracy Barker , who says a U.S. State Department employee sexually assaulted her in Iraq in 2005 has won $2.93 million in arbitration from KBR, the military contracting company that employed her.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Iraq, World News, Middle East, Yuma, AZ

Raw Story

Rape victim upset KBR trying to modify $3M arbitration award

Tracy Barker has been awarded almost $3 million by an arbitrator in assault charges against a U.S. contractor and former Halliburton subsidiary, after claiming she was raped in 2005 by a State Department employee in Iraq, the Associated Press reports .

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KansasCity.com

Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against KBR

An arbitrator has awarded a woman nearly $3 million to settle her claims that she was raped in Iraq by a State Department employee in 2005 while working for a former Halliburton Co.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Energy, Oil & Gas

Houston Chronicle

E-mails show KBR feared casualties before deadly attack

KBR security personnel expected casualties the night before six civilian drivers were killed and others injured in an Iraqi ambush, but sent the convoy into a combat zone anyway, according to e-mails presented in a Houston federal court Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Houston, TX, Houston Metro, Iraq, World News, Energy, Oil & Gas

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