<div id="subtitle">Halliburton 2nd-qtr profit tumbles from year-ago boosted by KBR gain, but meets expectations</div><div><p>Halliburton's second-quarter profit fell about 67 percent from a year ago, when it recorded a nearly $1 billion gain from its split with former subsidiary KBR, but the oilfield ...
<div><p>Nigeria's Attorney General has written to his US counterpart asking for the names of Nigerian officials who took bribes from a former unit of Halliburton, the Guardian newspaper reported Monday.</p><p>Nigeria's government was ready to prosecute those involved in the scheme, said Michael ...
<div><p>Nigeria's anti-graft agency said Thursday it was questioning suspects in a multi-million dollar cash-for-contract scandal embroiling US giant Halliburton and three former heads of state.</p><p>Justice Minister Michael Aondoakaa has flown to Washington to seek US cooperation in getting the names of Nigerian ...
<div><p>Nigeria on Wednesday set up a panel to probe a multi-million dollar cash-for-contract scandal embroiling US giant Halliburton and reportedly implicating three former presidents, the justice minister said.</p><p>"Pursuant to the determination of the administration of President Umaru Yar'Adua to ensure zero tolerance ...
<div id="subtitle">With crude prices down, oil and gas companies expected to post lowest profits in years</div><div><p>The nation's biggest oil companies certainly won't need a bailout from the federal government, but they won't have to defend staggering profits anytime soon either.</p> ...
<div id="subtitle">Recession finally catches up to oil sector; Schlumberger, Halliburton announce job cuts</div><div><p>Job cuts that have afflicted almost every sector of the economy reached into the oil industry Thursday, as the biggest oilfield service providers said they were cutting employees.</p><p> ...
<div id="subtitle">Halliburton fourth-quarter profit down 32 percent, announced potential settlement with DOJ</div><div><p>Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co. posted stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings Monday but said lower energy prices will mean diminished spending on production and exploration this year.</p><p>The company also said ...
<div id="subtitle">Halliburton 1Q profit falls 35 pct on sluggish oilfield activity, cut 2K N. American jobs</div><div><p>Halliburton Co. kicked off the oil sector's first-quarter earnings period on a dour-but-not-unexpected note Monday, reporting net income that tumbled 35 percent from a year ago and ...
<div id="subtitle">Halliburton spinoff prepares to admit bribery in federal court</div><div><p>A spinoff of Halliburton Co. is on the verge of pleading guilty to federal bribery charges.</p><p>Court papers filed in Houston on Friday show Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC is ...
<div id="subtitle">Family of contractor killed in Iraq by US troops sues Halliburton, KBR over death</div><div><p>A lawsuit against two military contractors claims the companies' mistakes led U.S. soldiers to believe an American truck driver working for the contractors might be an insurgent steering ...
