Read more Halliburton stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3203/halliburton.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:11:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49070/halliburton-will-pay-559m-in-nigerian-bribery-fines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHalliburton will shell out $559 million in fines—the largest federal penalty ever paid by a US company for bribery—to the Justice Department and the SEC to settle claims that its former KBR unit greased the palms of Nigerian officials to help get a gas liquefaction facility built, along...http://www.newser.com/story/49070/halliburton-will-pay-559m-in-nigerian-bribery-fines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 9:24:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44343/halliburton-kbr-sued-for-sickening-iraq-troops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA lawsuit filed against Halliburton and KBR accuses the military contractors of exposing troops and civilian workers on a US base in Iraq to spoiled food, contaminated water, and toxic fumes from a burn pit, the Military Times reports. The lead plaintiff in the suit said he still has nightmares...http://www.newser.com/story/44343/halliburton-kbr-sued-for-sickening-iraq-troops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Dec 2008 1:51:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44311/foreign-workers-held-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAbout 1,000 foreign workers brought to Iraq with the promise of lucrative jobs have been living for 3 months in Baghdad warehouses under poor sanitary conditions and in possible violation of US military rules, McClatchy reports. A Kuwaiti company that subcontracts with KBR, formerly Haliburton, brought the men from...http://www.newser.com/story/44311/foreign-workers-held-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 19:34:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36566/ex-halliburton-exec-pleads-guilty-to-180m-bribery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA fired Halliburton exec has pleaded guilty to bribing Nigerian government officials, the Wall Street Journal reports. Albert Stanley, CEO of KBR when it was a Halliburton subsidiary, faces up to 7 years in jail and a restitution payment of nearly $11 million. Stanley was appointed by Vice President Dick...http://www.newser.com/story/36566/ex-halliburton-exec-pleads-guilty-to-180m-bribery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Sep 2008 4:04:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34702/us-contractor-bills-in-iraq-to-hit-100b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBy the end of the year, the US will have spent $100 billion on private defense contractors in Iraq, a congressional report finds, showing more private-sector reliance than any previous wartime. Some 20% of funds spent on the war have gone to contractors, whose numbers are now greater than the...http://www.newser.com/story/34702/us-contractor-bills-in-iraq-to-hit-100b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Aug 2008 6:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34292/clinton-nothing-immune-from-bushs-waste-fraud-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bush White House has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on corrupt deals and unaccountable contractors, Hillary Clinton writes in the Wall Street Journal . If America is going to regain fiscal stability, it must "increase transparency" and put an end to practices like "rewarding companies that exploit tax shelters" and...http://www.newser.com/story/34292/clinton-nothing-immune-from-bushs-waste-fraud-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 Aug 2008 13:41:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30210/army-overseer-ousted-after-rejecting-bogus-iraq-bills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDid a top Army official lose his job for trying to save the Army money? Charles Smith was ousted from his job after refusing to pay then-Halliburton subsidiary KBR more than $1 billion in charges deemed bogus by Army auditors. “They had a gigantic amount of costs they couldn’t justify,...http://www.newser.com/story/30210/army-overseer-ousted-after-rejecting-bogus-iraq-bills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Jun 2008 7:54:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3244/alaskan-tribes-score-no-bid-bonanza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlaskan tribes are so successful in securing no-bid government contracts, they're spurring a federal investigation into conduct by Alaskan senator Ted Stevens, reports Salon . In 1986, Stevens pushed through a law that gave Alaskan companies "small business" preferences—even if they belong to a multi-billion dollar parent corporation and employ...http://www.newser.com/story/3244/alaskan-tribes-score-no-bid-bonanza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 Jun 2007 6:52:30 CDT