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KBR Rape Victim's Arbitration Award Not So Final Yet
Just when it looked as if the legal battle between former KBR contractor Tracy Barker and Halliburton, which used to own KBR, was about to come to a multi-million dollar conclusion, filings made today in the rape case seem to indicate there is still some ways to go until it is all over.
Woman Who Claims Sexual Assault Wins $3 Million From Former Halliburton Division
Tracy Barker , who says a U.S. State Department employee sexually assaulted her in Iraq in 2005 has won $2.93 million in arbitration from KBR, the military contracting company that employed her.
Rape victim upset KBR trying to modify $3M arbitration award
Tracy Barker has been awarded almost $3 million by an arbitrator in assault charges against a U.S. contractor and former Halliburton subsidiary, after claiming she was raped in 2005 by a State Department employee in Iraq, the Associated Press reports .
Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against KBR
An arbitrator has awarded a woman nearly $3 million to settle her claims that she was raped in Iraq by a State Department employee in 2005 while working for a former Halliburton Co.
E-mails show KBR feared casualties before deadly attack
KBR security personnel expected casualties the night before six civilian drivers were killed and others injured in an Iraqi ambush, but sent the convoy into a combat zone anyway, according to e-mails presented in a Houston federal court Wednesday.
Halliburton secures $122M contract with Total
Oilfield services giant Halliburton Co. on Wednesday said it was awarded a contract valued at about $122 million by Total SA, Europe's third-largest oil company.
Halliburton to do work for Total
Halliburton Co. has been awarded a three-year contract by French energy giant Total SA valued at $122 million.
Kuwaiti firm faces charges of bilking the US military
A Kuwaiti firm with US$8.5 billion in contracts to supply food to US troops in the Middle East has been indicted for fraud, accused of taking elaborate measures to overbill the Pentagon.
2 Ky. men sue contractors over exposure to toxins
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Jamie Leigh Jones was raped by some fellow employees of Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad in 2005.
Military contractors sued over Iraq a oeburn pitsa
An Air Force veteran and a one-time contractor who served in Iraq are suing military contractors Halliburton Co.
Daily Dividend Report: RSH, MMM, HAL, L, BAX
After the bell yesterday, Radioshack declared its quarterly dividend of twenty five cents per share, maintaining the amount paid last quarter.
3 ND soldiers join lawsuits over Iraq 'burn pits'
Three North Dakota men who served in Iraq have joined lawsuits filed around the country against military contractors Halliburton Co.
2 Ky. men sue contractors over exposure to toxins
A pair of Kentucky men who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are suing two U.S. military contractors and accusing the companies of exposing them to toxic fumes and ash from "burn pits." The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Louisville on Monday by former Air Force Sgt.
Lawsuit: KBR May have Poisoned 100,000 in Iraq, Including Us Troops
Defense contractor KBR may have exposed as many as 100,000 people, including US troops, to cancer-causing toxins by burning waste in open-air pits in Iraq, says a series of class-action lawsuits filed against the company.
Halliburton wins South Ghawar deal
Saudi Arabia: 2 hours, 15 minutes ago Saudi Aramco has awarded US-based oilfield services corporation, Halliburton a broad five-year oilfield service contract to develop wells in the world's largest oil field, South Ghawar, Reuters has reported.
In 2005, 19-year-old Jamie Leigh Jones of Houston was working for Halliburton/KBR in the Green Zone, Iraq.
4 Colo. vets sue Halliburton, KBR
Four Colorado veterans are the latest to file "burn pit" lawsuits against military contractors accused of exposing soldiers to toxic fumes and ash.
Do You Really Want to Buy Oilfield Services?
It hasn't been a top-notch earnings season for the oilfield services sector. Halliburton , the second-largest participant in the group, led off with mediocre results, but did manage to beat expectations.
Halliburton receives drilling contract for Saudi Arabia's Ghawar field
Halliburton Co. said Friday it received a contract to drill and complete oil wells in Saudi Arabia's Ghawar field.
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