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dougw
Citizen
Username: Dougw
Post Number: 753
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 4:38 pm: | 
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I heard that it was just announced that Halliburton will purchase Dubai Ports World's US interests. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12854
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 4:59 pm: |
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That's funny!
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Innisowen
Citizen
Username: Innisowen
Post Number: 1639
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 5:09 pm: |
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I assume that any bid to manage the operations of six major US ports will have to submit to scrutiny of the bidder's suitability, experience, and proposed pricing structure.
Without that, even DougW and I could probably bid to run the port operations.
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themp
Supporter
Username: Themp
Post Number: 2663
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 5:13 pm: |
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Is Doug working on the following model:
People who opposed the port deal ("you all") will actually be unhappy, because Halliburton profited by their doing so?
Serious, not sure I'm getting it. |
Innisowen
Citizen
Username: Innisowen
Post Number: 1640
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 5:53 pm: |
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Dougw seems to be farting higher than his arse with that posting. |
Guy
Supporter
Username: Vandalay
Post Number: 1647
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:01 pm: |
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This is probably not going to happen, but....
Norm Ornstein: Dubai Ports World Is Considering Selling U.S. Operations To Halliburton
Today Dubai Ports World announced it would “transfer fully the U.S. operations…to a United States entity.” This evening on the PBS News Hour, AEI scholar Norm Ornstein said that DP World was considering selling its U.S. operations to Halliburton:
If this is done now through the backdoor, where D.P. [Dubai Ports World] has any role at all, Congress is going to go ballistic, and it’s going to be a disaster, I think, for the administration.
They have got a dilemma now, because there simply aren’t American companies that have the know-how and the breadth to do this. Interestingly, and perhaps ironically, what I had heard earlier in the day, as they were looking at those that have the — the kind of resources, Halliburton was a name that came up.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/transportation/jan-june06/hls-ports_3-9.html |
tom
Citizen
Username: Tom
Post Number: 4499
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:25 pm: |
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I am the new Oracle of MOL
http://www.southorangevillage.com/cgi-bin/show.cgi?tpc=26018&post=547101#POST547 101 |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12857
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:29 pm: |
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Wow, tom!
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kendalbill
Citizen
Username: Kendalbill
Post Number: 148
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:16 pm: |
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Hey, now that everyone made noise and got their sound bite on TV, can we get those same pols of both parties to commit to making the ports safer? Because, although the whole issue was a no brainer grandstanding issue for nearly everyone we still aren't securing the ports. Or the chemical plants. Or the nuclear power plants. |
Duncan
Supporter
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 5921
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:43 pm: |
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tom that is scary if it comes true. And if it comes true, I will be PL'ing you for my Pick 6 numbers |
tom
Citizen
Username: Tom
Post Number: 4501
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 10:56 pm: |
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I've heard 4-8-15-16-23-42 are good. |
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