Halliburton contract challenged
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WASHINGTON - The Army extended a Halliburton Co. troop support contract over the objections of a top contracting officer, even contending - and then withdrawing - a claim that US forces faced an emergency if the company didn&#39;t get the extra work.
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Halliburton Co. said Wednesday it is considering an appeal to a judge&#39;s ruling that the company cannot cancel or make major changes to health care coverage for retirees of a company it bought in 1998.
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Halliburton said Monday the U.S. Army had decided to give the company more time to resolve a billing dispute before withholding payment of up to 15 percent of the company's bills in Iraq and Kuwait.
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Halliburton Co.&#39;s US contracts to repair Iraqi oilfields and feed and house troops in the Balkans should be investigated because they violated procurement rules, a US Army Corps of Engineers officer said.
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Halliburton may not rebid for contracts to support US troops in Iraq if the US army breaks up its contract, the company says.
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A Dallas judge blocked the settlement of a shareholder lawsuit against Halliburton, saying the deal does not appear to be fair and reasonable.
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The United States army will withhold payment of up to $60m (£32.8m) a month on future invoices submitted by Halliburton, the firm formerly run by vice-president Dick Cheney, due to a continuing dispute over work done in Iraq.
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The US Army on Tuesday appeared to reverse a decision to stop paying a portion of Halliburton Co.&#39;s (HAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) bills in Iraq and gave the company more time to resolve a billing dispute.
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FBI agents recently spent a day interviewing the Army contracting officer who raised concerns that the Pentagon improperly awarded contracts without competition to Halliburton Co., Vice President Dick Cheney's former company.
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News Item: &quot;The US Army has threatened to partially withhold payments to Halliburton due to allegations of overcharges for food, shelter and services.&quot; ...
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A federal judge in Dallas rejected a US$6 million settlement proposal on Friday in a securities class-action lawsuit against the Halliburton Co, expressing concern that it was neither fair nor adequate.
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A whistle-blower objected to the government's Halliburton deals--and says now she's paying for it
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'  top contracting official on Friday called the government's  grant of multi-billion dollar contracts to oil services giant  Halliburton the worst case of contracting abuse she has ever  seen.
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The US Army plans within months to break up Halliburton Co.&#39;s contract to provide support services for US troops in Iraq -- valued at up to $13 billion -- and open the work to competitive bids, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday
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The U.S. Army will withhold payment  on 15 percent of future invoices of Halliburton Co.'s HAL.N  logistics deal in Iraq due to a billing dispute that could cost  the company $60 million a month, the military said on Tuesday.
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Halliburton Co. said yesterday that it may sell its Kellogg Brown &#38; Root subsidiary, the largest government contractor in Iraq. Even though revenue soared from the unit, profit lagged and the dollars brought controversy over whether the company once run by Dick Cheney overcharged the government and mishandled some of the services it provides.
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Eight U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq  and Kuwait filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the U.S.  military's "stop loss" policy, which forces them to serve  beyond their enlistment contracts.