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DALLAS, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) reported today that 2000 third quarter net income was $157 million ($0.35 per share diluted), representing a 109 percent increase over the prior quarter, and a 171 percent increase compared to the third quarter of 1999.

DALLAS, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) stated today that one of its business units, Brown & Root Services ("BRS"), is a defendant in civil litigation pending in federal court in Sacramento, California, alleging that it violated certain provisions of the False Claims Act

DALLAS, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) will release its 2000 third quarter financial results Tuesday afternoon, October 24, 2000, at 3:00 PM Dallas time (Central Daylight Time). The October 24 press release concerning the earnings will be posted on the Halliburton web site

FARMINGTON, N.M., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- A Halliburton Energy Services field crew returning from a well site in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico lost a Select Fire Jet Perforating Gun off the back of a company pick-up. The field crew, stationed in Farmington, New Mexico, believes the Perforating Gun

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000--GeoMechanics International, Inc. (GMI), today announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Landmark Graphics, a wholly owned business unit of Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL). The alliance brings together Landmark's premier suite of

DALLAS, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) announced the following terms relating to Dick Cheney's departure from the company which were approved by its board of directors in a special meeting held on July 25, 2000. Mr. Cheney will resign as the company's chairman of the board

DALLAS, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) announced today that Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement, pending final approval from Petroleum Place shareholders, to acquire a 15 percent equity position in Petroleum Place, Inc., a leading industry

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – Two of the world’s leading energy companies, Conoco (NYSE:COC.A) (NYSE:COC.B) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL), have concluded one of the largest oil and gas industry service and support contracts ever awarded in the U.K. Brown & Root Energy Services, a division of the Halliburton

DALLAS, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) reported today that the company's 2000 second quarter net income was $75 million ($0.17 per share diluted) compared to $83 million ($0.19 per share diluted) in the 1999 second quarter. Revenues from continuing operations were $2.9

DALLAS, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Halliburton Company's (NYSE: HAL) chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Dick Cheney, announced today that he has accepted the invitation of George W. Bush to be Bush's Republican Party vice presidential running mate.