The Great Hizzy! Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Yes, yes, I know... all positive articles are to be taken with a grain of salt concerning Houston but just for argument's sake...http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/realesta...amp;oref=slogin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddleman Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Here's a negative one for balance.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4627689.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 ROTFLMAOPeople who say the Chronicle conjurs up "sky is falling" articles soley for shock value will use that article as exibits 1-100. One joker from Hailburton leaves town and soon, half the companies in town will follow suit.Jeez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 That's not negative. That's Chicken Little logic. Halliburton leaving is an opportunity. "Big Oil" is only one part of Houston's "Energy Economy". Liquids, gas, chemicals and their trasnportation play just as big of a role but everybody is caugt up on sexy oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmather0 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I only had to see that Loren Steffy wrote that Chron article to know that it would be full of half-logic and innuendo. He is absolutely the worst business columnist I have ever seen. Just terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Check out his blog: http://blogs.chron.com/lorensteffy/2007/03...1.html#comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I only had to see that Loren Steffy wrote that Chron article to know that it would be full of half-logic and innuendo. He is absolutely the worst business columnist I have ever seen. Just terrible.Exactly right!! Unbelievable... Sadly, any possible good point he might have made is entirely lost because he destroys his credibility with the half-logic and innuendo, not to mention hyperbole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 it's amazing to hear, on one hand, that halliburton is opening "a" corporate office in dubai, one exec is moving and they are keeping their US incorporation. on the other hand, the national media has run with the story that halliburton is MOVING ITS HEADQUARTERS. people are all in a tizzy......"it's to avoid taxes!!!" some are saying. to top it off, our own houston paper has jumped on the misinformation bandwagon so as to have a catchy headline. truly sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 "I don't remember any Chicken Little articles in the DMN when Hailburton left Dallas."The DMN > The ChronicBut most of us already knew that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I still don't know why people think that Halliburton is moving its HQ to Dubai, when really they are just making a Middle Eastern HQ. Almost like Royal Dutch Shell having their U.S. HQ here in Houston, but their main HQ in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 "I don't remember any Chicken Little articles in the DMN when Hailburton left Dallas."The DMN > The ChronicBut most of us already knew thatdoesn't the DMN have an architecture critic? i haven't read the DMN for years, but i seem to remember an architecture critic when i was working as an outside contractor for halliburton in carrolton/n. dallas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 here is a link to the halliburton press release.link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Time magazine is also in a panic: While you weren't looking, the center of the oil world shifted several thousand miles to the east. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/...1598917,00.htmlFrom now on, the "bidness" discussions at the Petroleum Club are more likely to focus on new energy technologies like carbon sequestration than wildcatting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddleman Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 How bout this from CNN.http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/14/news/compa...sion=2007031412 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyEvilTwin Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 This is all very entertaining.The reality is that a Houston-based company is expanding its global presence -- that's nothing but a positive for Houston. Did anyone say Saudi Arabia's status in the oil world was on the decline when Saudi Aramco located its U.S. Headquarters in Houston??(Granted, Aramco's CEO didn't move here...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 Maybe Dave Lesar just likes the shiny new skyscrapers in Dubai more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Time magazine is also in a panic: While you weren't looking, the center of the oil world shifted several thousand miles to the east.Oh...you mean like how we were going to be owned by the Japanese back in the 90s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Dubai is hot right now. Not only does Halliburton want its presence there, so do a lot of firms. The firm I work for is planning a Dubai office. No, we're lot leaving Houston's Headquarters, just getting a piece of the action like the rest of corporate America does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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