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08-06-2007, 10:30 AM
By JASON LEOPOLD
Halliburton Corp., the oil field services company once headed by Vice President **** Cheney, told the New York City Comptroller's office Monday that it won't scale back its business dealings in Iran, despite concerns from the City's Comptroller William Thompson about "corporate ties to states sponsoring terrorist activity," which could force the New York City Police and Fire Department pension funds to pull its $23 million investment in the company.
The Comptroller's office, on behalf of the pension funds, in a resolution last March urged the boards of directors of Halliburton and General Electric and ConocoPhillips to set up committees to review its operations in terror-linked countries, specifically Iran. Halliburton helps build drilling rigs in Iran's southern oil field.
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Halliburton Corp., the oil field services company once headed by Vice President **** Cheney, told the New York City Comptroller's office Monday that it won't scale back its business dealings in Iran, despite concerns from the City's Comptroller William Thompson about "corporate ties to states sponsoring terrorist activity," which could force the New York City Police and Fire Department pension funds to pull its $23 million investment in the company.
The Comptroller's office, on behalf of the pension funds, in a resolution last March urged the boards of directors of Halliburton and General Electric and ConocoPhillips to set up committees to review its operations in terror-linked countries, specifically Iran. Halliburton helps build drilling rigs in Iran's southern oil field.
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http://www.counterpunch.org/leopold10282003.html