Halliburton shifts headquarters to Dubai.

[babylonsister]

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Halliburton's CEO Plans Dubai Move
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DUBAI -- U.S. oil services giant Halliburton Co. will shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai, Chief Executive Dave Lesar said Sunday.

Halliburton will maintain a corporate office in Houston, but the company will be controlled from its office in the United Arab Emirates, company spokeswoman Cathy Mann explained.

"Halliburton is opening its corporate headquarters in Dubai while maintaining a corporate office in Houston," Ms. Mann said in an email to the Associated Press. "The chairman, president and CEO will office from and be based in Dubai to run the company from the UAE." She clarified "he will work ...


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Halliburton shifts headquarters to Dubai.

“U.S. oil services giant Halliburton Co. will shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Halliburton’s new location “will be better placed to focus on relations with the Gulf’s enormous national oil companies.”

[C_U_L8R]

1. avoiding prosecution much?

[babylonsister]

3. And/or taxes? nt

[valerief]

2. Call 'em by their real name—Helliburden. They've burdened us with Hell. nt

[youngdem]

4. Yank their contracts then...ALL of them.

No foreign company should have sensitive contracts supporting the US military and government.

Yank their contracts.

[OneBlueSky]

16. exactly! . . . cut 'em off! . . . no more billions upon billions of "defense" dollars . . .

for a corrupt multi-national that abandons the U.S. to avoid taxes and Congressional and public scrutiny . . .

cut 'em the fuck OFF!!! . . .

[acmavm]

5. Then they should not be able to lay claim to the rights and privleges of

an American corporation either.

[cassiepriam]

14. Nope. Bet the will have all the rights of an American company, but none of the liabilities.

That is the repug way. All the power and money.
None of the responsibilities or laws.

[KingofNewOrleans]

6. Guess that where Cheney intends to flee

Can't we kick Halliburton off the taxpayer teat too, now that they've abandoned America?

[peacetalksforall]

7. Where are they registered and where is their money - getting

ready for major lawsuits? Don't file 'cuz you won't get the money. And you probably won't be able to get a date in court. The office n Houston is probably a janitor and a swichboard and some guards. Make that a lot of guards.

At least we know that if Cheney lives and doesn't go to jail or spend his time flying back and forth to trials in Belgium and if he goes back to Hallibruton - he'll be sweating literally in DUBAI - he may even start wearing what racists and bigots call a dishcloth on his head.

[annabanana]

8. Dont.. Let. The. Paperwork. Go.

We will need to subpoena that stuff to find out what REALLY happened to the big bucks in Iraq, as well as the bodies of Katrina.

[babylonsister]

9. Kidding, right? I imagine the sound of shredders working throughout

the night...

[Divernan]

11. They have to keep records at least three years.

nt

[Divernan]

10. VERY IMPORTANT POINT! The Senate should subpoena

ALL the records/documentation of ALL of Haliburton's government contracts NOW!

[mopinko]

13. i keep wondering if we are ever going to get a real count.

why wasn't/isn't the katrina death toll on the news? no little special respectful yet ghoulish little graphic to watch the number. no- special report, another body found, blah blah like the tragedy whores always do?
why it's a giant mystery. NOT

[salinen]

12. If it smells like shit........

Gee, is there any connection to the failed U.A.E. ports deal?

[Amonester]

15. Probably... But it seems there IS a connection to ...

the World dominionist$ at the PNAC'$ HQ