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About 200 demonstrators sang and heard speeches Thursday at a protest against Halliburton Co. recruiters at the University of Wisconsin before departing peacefully _ unlike a bloody event 40 years ago to which some compared it.The Campus Antiwar Network...
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Sheryl Crow is giving away free music _ a tactic she calls the “Tupperware” party approach to inspiring young people to vote.
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Barack Obama reports spending $55 million in July, his highest figure in a single month.
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Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp is completing its split into five publicly traded companies Thursday _ a move intended to give each business more focus and...
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After a barrage of consumer complaints, the government is banning phone calls of prerecorded sales messages unless consumers agree to receive the calls.
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There are loyal customers, and then there’s Joseph Macko.
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There are loyal customers, and then there’s Joseph Macko.
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A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred Arizona from using a state law to prosecute an online merchant who sells shirts that list names of thousands of troops...
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A supervisor arrested after an immigration raid at a large meatpacking plant pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to hire illegal immigrants and aiding and abetting...
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Could it be too late to save the global ocean, which covers 70% of the earth’s surface?
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Salesforce.com Inc. kept its financial guidance within the range of analyst estimates Wednesday, disappointing investors who expected a more bullish forecast from one...
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Angie Harmon and husband Jason Sehorn are expecting their third child, Harmon’s publicist confirmed Wednesday.
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Halliburton Co. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit fell about 67 percent from a year ago, when the company recorded a nearly $1 billion gain from the separation of...
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Oilfield services provider Halliburton says its second-quarter profit fell nearly 67 percent from a year ago, when the company recorded a nearly $1 billion gain from...
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In the hot energy sector, a rapid-fire bidding contest broke out Friday between a London-led private equity consortium and Halliburton _ both coveting the same European...
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Halliburton has made a conditional bid of $3.36 billion for Expro International Group PLC, the British oil services firm said Friday.Halliburton’s all-cash...
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Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co. said Monday its first-quarter profit rose almost 6 percent, lifted by a hefty increase in international business and an asset...
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Oilfield services company Halliburton says international activity and a gain on asset sales boosted its first-quarter profit.Halliburton says it earned $584 million, or...
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Halliburton Co. continues to benefit from placing greater emphasis on its operations in the Eastern Hemisphere, where expanding business helped the company post a 19...
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A 1967 visit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison by a recruiter from Dow Chemical Co., which made napalm, sparked a bloody clash between police and protesting...
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Halliburton Co.’s recent decision to move its headquarter to Dubai from Texas has triggered a political firestorm as Senator Hillary Clinton and other top...
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Halliburton Company, the energy services giant and controversial defense contractor, has recently revealed that it is opening of a corporate headquarters office in the...
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