How is the Dickster's cash cow doing in Halliburton lately?

Halliburton Dividend Declaration and Shareholder's Meeting
HOUSTON, Feb 15, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) announced that its board of directors has declared a 2007 first quarter dividend of seven and one-half cents ($.075) a share on the company's common stock payable March 22, 2007, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 1, 2007. The company's annual meeting of shareholders is set for May 16, 2007 in Houston, Texas. The record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting is March 19, 2007.

Halliburton, founded in 1919, is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries. The company serves its customers with a broad range of products and services through its Energy Services Group and KBR. The company's World Wide Web site can be accessed at http://www.halliburton.com/.
SOURCE: Halliburton


From Corpwatch:

Houston, May 15, 2007: CorpWatch and its partners today released an alternative annual report on Halliburton titled: "Goodbye Houston" The new report was prepared in association with Halliburton Watch and the Oil & Gas Accountability Project.The new report (the fourth in the series) is being issued on the eve of Halliburton 's annual general meeting in Woodlands, Texas, on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007. An in-depth, hard-hitting report, "Goodbye Houston," provides a detailed look at Halliburton 's military and energy operations around the world as well as its political connections. It includes a series of recommendations for the company and its shareholders as well as for the United States policymakers.

"With the loss of its two biggest taxpayer-funded contracts in Iraq, Halliburton has decided that its future lies outside the United States. The company decision to move its headquarters to Dubai could spell a major financial loss to the U.S. Treasury," says Pratap Chatterjee, co-director of CorpWatch.

Meanwhile, Halliburton expands overseas...

Halliburton to open technology centre in India

The centre, to be opened in July along with another such facility in Singapore are part of a drive by Halliburton to reduce its reliance on North America

Houston: Halliburton Co., the world’s second- largest oilfield-services provider, will open a technology centre in India in July, drawing from a deep well of overseas engineers as it expands in the Eastern Hemisphere.
The centre and another such facility in Singapore are part of a drive by Halliburton to reduce its reliance on North America. The Singapore facility is scheduled to open in December or January,chief operating officer Andrew Lane said on 11 May in an interview at the company’s headquarters in Houston.
Halliburton is trying to expand Eastern Hemisphere operations to the point where they drive half of sales, up from 35% now. To win more business in a stronghold of Schlumberger Ltd, the largest oilfield contractor, chiefexecutive officer David Lesar is moving his office to the United Arab Emirates, making Dubai a second corporate headquarters.

And:

Halliburton opens Russian training center

After taking a more international approach lately with a headquarters in Dubai and manufacturing center in Mexico, Halliburton has opened its first training center in Tyumen, Russia.

The center, developed in cooperation with the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, is designed to further develop the professional and technical skills of the Houston-based energy company's employees in the Europe/Eurasia region.