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Halliburton Gets Bonuses for U,S, Army Work
Thu Feb 24, 2005 04:58 PM ET
By Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. defense contractor Halliburton, under scrutiny for its contracts in Iraq, has been given bonuses for some of its work supporting the U.S. military in Kuwait and Afghanistan, the Army said on Thursday.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7732918>
Army Awards Bonus to Halliburton for Supply Work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army said on Thursday 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-based bonus for disputed dining services to troops.
http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7732144
Halliburton’s murky path
BY HEDELBERTO LOPEZ BLANCH
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.
The all-powerful company (headed by the Richard Cheney, current U.S. vice president, from 1995-2000, when he became George W. Bush’s running mate) has now been involved in dirty dealings on more than 12 occasions.
In February, faced with charges from Pentagon officials, the oil and logistics services group was forced to suspend invoices worth $140 million for meals served to the U.S. army in Kuwait and Iraq.
http://www.periodico26.cu/english_new/features/halliburton240205.htm
Sperry performs pressure tests in North Sea and GoM
Halliburton's Sperry Drilling Services has had two recent success with its GeoTap while-drilling formation pressure tester, part of the company's Stellar formation evaluation suite.
http://ogj.pennnet.com/articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ONART&C=TOPST&ARTICLE_ID=222026&p=9
Philadelphia: City of the old and the poor?
By Thom Nickels
Contributing Editor
Brett Mandel, Executive Director of Philadelphia Forward. Photo: Harry B. Cook from February 2, Philly1.com video interview. See: http://www.philly1.com/index020205.html
Philadelphia has a great set of veneers; the sparkly whites, or in this case the blues and the whites, are noticeable at night when the ever improving skyline takes a bit of our breath away. But like a desert mirage the vision crumbles when one looks closer. Beneath the veneers are roots of decay, gaping holes caused by mass extractions. She ain't what she used to be, as the saying goes, though in some ways she's better, but in her soul she's limping, she's crying out for help.
… Many see the BPT as unfair to small business and as affecting jobs and employers. The opposition, like City Council 47, insists that the city should not be cutting taxes. Some of those opposed claim that cutting the BPT would be corporate welfare that would funnel the money to Halliburton.
So how did Dick Cheney and Halliburton get drawn into this?
"From people who are lying and trying to mislead the public," Mandel says. "The fact is that in the city, as in everywhere else across the country, the fat cats walk straight in the door at City Hall, as you can see in some of the transcripts in the pay-to play indictments."
http://www.philly1.com/story1022305.html
The Bush Tapes: Hitting the Erase Button
Doug Wead, for once, is speechless. But his career speaks volumes.
NO WONDER THE religious right has seized control of America's political machinery and launched a crusade to go medieval on the rest of the world.
The media are asleep at their typewriters.
Doug Wead's career, most of which has never been studied by the mainstream media—even now, when he's in the bright glare of publicity—perfectly traces the religious right's successful infiltration of the GOP during the past two decades, culminating in the rise to power of religious capitalism.
http://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/000740.php
Fox's Viewers Are Faked Out Again
Fox News is apparently feeling bold and brash these days because today (February 24, 2005) it didn't even TRY to pretend that Your World w/Neil Cavuto, the "most powerful business show on the planet," is actually a business show. No way Jose. No need to worry about false advertising when the US government is your client and most of the media's trying to be just like you.
http://www.newshounds.us/2005/02/24/foxs_viewers_are_faked_out_again.php
Nader: Bush family profited from Iraq War
By Sebastian Christ and Philipp Heinz
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Washington, DC, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Ralph Nader, consumer lawyer and former presidential candidate, claimed Thursday that several of President Bush's family members and their political allies profited from insider deals regarding the war in Iraq.
… According to Democracy Rising, Carlyle was 43rd among federal contractors with $676.5 million in contacts in 2002, but one year later it moved to 11th place with $2.1 billion in contracts, "partly from the war on terrorism and partly from Iraq."
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050224-052103-7928r.htm
Whiting Petroleum Announces Record Fourth Quarter Results
Fourth Quarter Net Income Rises to a Record $1.31 Per Share and QuarterlyProduction Hits 17.0 Bcfe, a 79% Increase
Whiting Exits December 2004 Producing a Record 188.0 MMcfe Per Day2004 Net Income Per Share Rises 245% to $3.38 Per Share Annual ProductionRises to 47.0 Bcfe
DENVER, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whiting Petroleum Corporation(NYSE: WLL) today reported net income of $32.6 million, or $1.31 per share(all per share amounts are on both a basic and diluted basis), on totalrevenues of $113.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2004. Thiscompares to a fourth quarter 2003 net loss of $0.3 million, or $0.02 pershare, on total revenues of $42.5 million. Discretionary cash flow for thefourth quarter of 2004 was $71.9 million, up 304% compared to $17.8 millionduring the same period in 2003.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/02-24-2005/0003073085&EDATE=
DOE cuts fee to Bechtel
This story was published Thursday, February 24th, 2005
By Annette Cary, Herald staff writer
The Department of Energy will withhold $300,000 from the quarterly fee paid to the contractor building the $5.8 billion vitrification plant because of safety problems at the Hanford construction site.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/6206894p-6080945c.html
Activist demands details of Enron revival
MANJIRI MADHAV DAMLE
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
[ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2005 05:26:53 PM ]
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PUNE: While there has been talk about re-starting the controversial Enron power project at Dabhol, senior economist Sulabha Brahme who was an active member of the anti-Enron agitation, on Thursday demanded that all details about the proposed revival of the project be made public.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1031080.cms
Family of Suspect in Bush Plot to Sue US
WASHINGTON Feb 24, 2005 — The family of a 23-year-old accused of plotting with al-Qaida to kill President Bush said Thursday they want to pursue a lawsuit accusing the administration of being behind their son's detention and alleged torture in a Saudi prison.
Ahmed Abu Ali "was tortured on orders of the USA; they are monsters," his mother, Faten, said outside a federal courtroom.
The young man's father, Omar, said, "The Saudi government are slaves of the Americans" and the U.S. government is lying when it says his son was under Saudi control for the 20 months before he was flown to the United States and charged.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=528689
No deal on missiles, Canada tells Bush
By Francis Harris in Washington
(Filed: 25/02/2005)
Canada has turned down the Bush administration's pleas to join its missile defence programme, dealing a further damaging blow to relations between the North American neighbours.
Paul Martin, the prime minister, has secretly conveyed the decision to Washington despite a personal request from President George W Bush to think again.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/25/wcanada25.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/02/25/ixworld.html
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