Comments on: Halliburton Moving Headquarters to Dubai

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:21:59 +0000

Halliburton's Dubai Move Sparks Outcry...

Halliburton is shifting its corporate headquarters and chief executive from Houston to Dubai. The mo...

By: Ugh

Ugh — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:15:54 +0000

Since Halliburton's parent corporation will be incorporated in the U.S., it will be subject to the same tax rules as it was before. Moving its CEO and "headquarters" offshore might provide some U.S. tax benefits, but not as much as if its parent moved offshore (something congress tried to block with section 7874, enacted in 2004).

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:40:14 +0000

Will this take H. outside U.S. subpoena power?

You'd know better than I but I can't imagine it would. They're still a U.S. registered corporation and bidding on U.S. government contracts.

I wonder what OTB thinks of the Pentagon’s claim to have lost dozens of tapes of Jose Padilla’s interrogations?

Post forthcoming.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:56:11 +0000

Hm. Will this take H. outside U.S. subpoena power?

--And if I may change topics, I wonder what OTB thinks of the Pentagon's claim to have lost dozens of tapes of Jose Padilla's interrogations? When the guy was being held as if he were the second coming of Hannibal Lecter, a hugely important figure in the GWOT?

I know what *I* would think of any federal judge who bought that line.