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HALLIBURTON LOOKS TO GREENER PASTURES
WASHINGTON, May 17 (IPS) - As Halliburton held its annual meeting Wednesday in Houston, Texas, the Washington-based Corpwatch released its own "Alternative Annual Report" which details the alleged wrongdoings of the company and its former subsidiary, Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), and questions the motivation behind Halliburton's planned move to the United Arab Emirates.

Corpwatch released "Alternative Annual Report" finns överst här:
http://corpwatch.com/
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14482

Här är artikeln om Hallyburton:

Halliburton
Looks to Greener Pastures

WASHINGTON, May 17 (IPS) - As Halliburton held its
annual meeting Wednesday in Houston, Texas, the Washington-
based Corpwatch released its own "Alternative Annual
Report" which details the alleged wrongdoings of the company
and its former subsidiary, Kellogg Brown and Root
(KBR), and questions the motivation behind Halliburton's
planned move to the United Arab Emirates. Despite being one
of the 10 largest contractors for the United States' military,
Halliburton announced in March that it will open a new
headquarters in Dubai. Critics believe the expansion is a possible
bid to avoid U.S. taxes and shield top executives from prosecution
in the U.S. justice system.

The company will remain incorporated in the United
States. "If employees spend 10 months outside the country,
they are no longer U.S. tax residents," Pratap Chatterjee,
programme director of CorpWatch, told IPS. "David Lesar,
the CEO of Halliburton, told me that he will remain a U.S.
citizen but that doesn't answer the question of if he'll remain
a U.S. tax resident," added Chatterjee, who attended the annual
meeting in Houston. Moving to Dubai, say Halliburton executives,
will move them closer to the centre of the energy industry.
But others believe the move is calculated to shield the
company from U.S. laws by moving to a region referred to as
a "comfort zone for corporate corruption" by CorpWatch.

Halliburton has earned over 20 billion dollars from U.S.
military-related contracts since the March 2003 invasion of
Iraq. However, the company recently lost two of its most
lucrative contracts -- oil infrastructure reconstruction and military
base support. "With the loss of its two biggest taxpayerfunded
contracts in Iraq, Halliburton has decided that its future
lies outside the United States. The company's decision to move
its headquarters to Dubai could spell a major financial loss to
the U.S. Treasury," said Chatterjee.

Serious questions have begun to emerge here in Washington
regarding Halliburton's contracts in Iraq and the 20 billion
dollars Halliburton has billed the U.S. government for its work
in Iraq. In February, Congressman Henry Waxman, a California
Democrat, released a report saying that out of the 20 billion
dollars charged to the U.S. government by Halliburton, 2.4
billion dollars were "unsupported" and "questioned" costs. At
the annual meeting, Halliburton executives refused to answer
questions surrounding its contracts in Iraq, citing the fact that
the Iraq contracts were mostly conducted through Halliburton's
former subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown and Root, which broke ties
with Halliburton on Apr. 5.

"...(KBR) has absolutely nothing to do with Halliburton as
the two companies are completely separate entities," wrote
Cathy Mann, director of communications at Halliburton, when
contacted by IPS for comment. "To confirm, Halliburton
Company has never been contracted for services by the U.S.
government, particularly none of the logistics support services
frequently discussed in the media today. Also, to confirm,
Halliburton and its subsidiaries have no employees or
work in Iraq or Afghanistan." CorpWatch called on Halliburton
and KBR to make serious changes in their business practices,
both in Iraq and in U.S.

In Iraq, the report calls for the companies to make public
the bidding processes by which they acquired contracts; disclose
the overseas subsidiaries it says are used to circumvent
U.S. tax laws; and provide better working conditions for its
employees in Iraq and the U.S. state of Louisiana, where
Halliburton won government contracts after the Hurricane
Katrina disaster. Halliburton has also faced serious criticism
for its use of private security guards, like Blackwater and
Triple Canopy, in Iraq. The report charges that Triple Canopy
contractors were observed firing at unarmed Iraqis for sport.

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CORPORATE LOBBYISTS RESIST EU CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY
David Cronin
BRUSSELS, May 17 (IPS) - Corporate lobbyists in Brussels are resisting calls by European Union legislators to disclose how much they receive from firms determined to water down EU rules on the environment and public health.

EU AFFIRMS OLD PROMISES AND VOWS NEW PLEDGES
Ramesh Jaura
BERLIN, May 17 (IPS) - The development ministers of the 27-nation EU that constitutes the world's largest donor grouping have this week reiterated old pledges and vowed new steps to combat poverty.

WINNERS & LOSERS IN GLOBALISATION STRUGGLE
Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (IPS) - Globalisation, widely perceived as the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide, is a mixed blessing to the world's 3.0 billion poverty-stricken people living on less than two dollars a day.

CITIES GET SERIOUS ABOUT CO2 EMISSIONS
Mithre J. Sandrasagra
NEW YORK, May 17 (IPS) - Leaders of the world's largest and most innovative cities met in New York this week with international business leaders, environmental experts and representatives of major urban utilities to discuss ways to cut carbon emissions through cleaner transport and more energy-efficient infrastructure.

HALLIBURTON LOOKS TO GREENER PASTURES
WASHINGTON, May 17 (IPS) - As Halliburton held its annual meeting Wednesday in Houston, Texas, the Washington-based Corpwatch released its own "Alternative Annual Report" which details the alleged wrongdoings of the company and its former subsidiary, Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), and questions the motivation behind Halliburton's planned move to the United Arab Emirates.

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