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Halliburton will move HQ to Dubai

By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 39 minutes ago

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Oil services giant Halliburton Co. will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast financial powerhouse of Dubai, chief executive Dave Lesar announced Sunday.

"Halliburton is opening its corporate headquarters in Dubai while maintaining a corporate office in Houston," spokeswoman Cathy Mann said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "The chairman, president and CEO will office from and be based in Dubai to run the company from the UAE."
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Lesar's announcement appears to signal one of the highest-profile moves by a U.S. corporate leader to Dubai, an Arab boomtown where free-market capitalism has been paired with some of the world's most liberal tax, investment and residency laws.
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Federal investigators last month alleged Halliburton was responsible for $2.7 billion of the $10 billion in contractor waste and overcharging in Iraq.

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Does this mean the US can never collect the $2.7 billion owed? There goes the paperwork! mad.gif
Benny
Waxman needs to investigate the spinoff of KBR as much as the transfer tax issues of this move. Technically, they are not off the hook with the gov't. What worries me more is that they are untruthful about layoffs in Houston. They will happen.

Taking the company's view for a moment, strategically and logistically, it makes sense.

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