can anyone tell me....

[blueknight]

what the value of stock was for haliburton company before this bunch of crooks took office?

[NMDemDist2]

1. someone posted a "protest sign" suggestion

to the effect stock was around $9, now at $32

no link to back it up, but would be easy to find on CNBC site I would think

[AndyTiedye]

8. and they had to lay waste to 2 countries to get from 9 to 32???

Bring back the old Clinton economy and the tech boom.
We can do a lot better than that!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. This should go in GD

but prior to the IRaq war, Halliburton's stock had serious problems because they had acquired Dresser Industries and all their asbestos lawsuits.

[AlCzervik]

7. I'm reading American Dynasty by Kevin Phillips

and i just read that Prescott Bush's father was once on their board. I think it was him if not it was aBush or a walker. I found that ironically interesting.

[goforit]

3. All I know is that Mr. Cheney was head of a failing company until he

bailed them out with sweetheart deals with the Gov't becoming VP(prez) of the US in 2001.

That company would have been under with all the asbestos claims coming out of the kazoo.

[SmokingJacket]

4. stock hit a low at end of 2001, but has been climbing...

I think. I'm financially ignorant.

Here's a link that might help:

http://quicktake.morningstar.com/Stock/StockPerformance.asp?Country=USA&Symbol=HAL&stocktab=charts

[UpInArms]

5. here's a link to an historical stock prices page

http://quicktake.morningstar.com/Stock/StockPerformance.asp?Country=USA&Symbol=HAL&stocktab=charts

there's a 5-year tab

most interesting to me was the huge spike in volume at the end of 2001

[olddem43]

6. I'd sell, even sell short, before the election.

[FlashHarry]

9. wrong forum

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