Halliburton Moving HQ To Dubai

theodp writes "Much-maligned defense contractor Halliburton is moving its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai's friendly tax laws will add to Halliburton's bottom line. Last year the company earned $2.3B in profits. Sen. Patrick Leahy called the company's move 'corporate greed at its worst.' Halliburton, once headed by VP Dick Cheney, has been awarded contracts valued at an estimated $25.7B for its work in Iraq."

if i learned anything from starcraft...

[hildi]

its that you can build two headquarters, but thats usually when your first one is about to be overrun

Re:Dubai has no extradition treaty with the US

[Bob54321]

I'm sorry - did I put enough sarcasm on that?

I'm not sure you did. My text to speech program had you sounding very monotone.

Re:Cheney's retirement?

[R3d M3rcury]

Do we care where Cheney retires?

He'll be retiring to an undisclosed location.

Re:Arguments - Here's a few

[vought]

no, that's fud and you're a faggot.

Let me be the first to welcome Ann Coulter to this Slashdot political discussion.

Re:Not moving headquaters, not moving corporate st

[fyoder]

The Dubai office is to get closer to the action and get some PR separation from us dirty Americans

Uh huh. And are they changing their name? Ahalibartan or something like that? Otherwise it's like Coca Cola trying to distance itself from its American image.

Re:What are they avoiding (besides paying taxes)?

[secolactico]

"'cause there's limits to our liberties
yes I hope and pray that there are
'cause those liberal freaks go too far..."