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2007-03-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
George Soros Buys Halliburton Stock
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Posted by Mike 2007-03-01 13:31|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 So, he joins michael moore.
Posted by anonymous5089 2007-03-01 13:41||   2007-03-01 13:41|| Front Page Top

#2 George Soros Buys Halliburton Stock

HA! Soros only thinks he has a free will!
Posted by Halliburton Div of Telepathy Control 2007-03-01 13:41||   2007-03-01 13:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks, George. This will go a long way towards helping us continue our vital work.
Posted by Halliburton: Earthquake/Tsunami Division 2007-03-01 13:43||   2007-03-01 13:43|| Front Page Top

#4 How many seats on the Halliburton board can be controlled with 1.9 million shares?
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2007-03-01 13:46||   2007-03-01 13:46|| Front Page Top

#5 seafarious

Halliburton has a market cap of about $30B and at least a dozen mutual funds own 10 million or more shares. Soros could probably get one seat on the board of directors if he wanted it.

also, my family owns a bit (less than 1000 shares) of stock in Halliburton as well.
Posted by mhw 2007-03-01 13:56|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]  2007-03-01 13:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Halliburton's financials state they have just shy of 1 billion shares of stock. Soros is going to have to pony up a lot more $$$ before he gets into that boardroom.
Posted by Dreadnought 2007-03-01 13:57||   2007-03-01 13:57|| Front Page Top

#7 How many seats on the Halliburton board can be controlled with 1.9 million shares?

With a billion shares issued and outstanding, Soros now owns a whopping 1.9% of the outstanding shares. Unless Halliburton has cumulative voting and a really big board of directors, so that Soros would have a larger multiple of 1.9%, I'll bet he can't get even one seat.
Posted by Mike 2007-03-01 14:11||   2007-03-01 14:11|| Front Page Top

#8 He can, however, stand outside and wring all the hide off his hands.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2007-03-01 14:31||   2007-03-01 14:31|| Front Page Top

#9 It is not 1.9% but 0.19%
Posted by JFM">JFM  2007-03-01 14:45||   2007-03-01 14:45|| Front Page Top

#10 He's up to something.
Posted by anonymous2u 2007-03-01 15:41||   2007-03-01 15:41|| Front Page Top

#11 Don't worry, Georgie. As you will find out, Soylent Green is only made of poor people.
Posted by Halliburton: Soylent Green Division 2007-03-01 15:57||   2007-03-01 15:57|| Front Page Top

#12 He's up to something

Making a scene/statement at the shareholders' meeting, I would guess.
Posted by occasional observer 2007-03-01 17:00||   2007-03-01 17:00|| Front Page Top

#13 It is not 1.9% but 0.19%

Correct (pardon my math error), which puts any hope of getting a seat on the board another order of magnitude out of his reach.
Posted by Mike 2007-03-01 17:52||   2007-03-01 17:52|| Front Page Top

#14 Heh. He knows somthing.

Also, love the logo!
Posted by Brett 2007-03-01 21:53||   2007-03-01 21:53|| Front Page Top

#15 he could just be cashing in on the deflation in the stock caused by his ranting and other propaganda. one could only hope there was an alternative universe where he could be accused of price manipulation through the use of his 527s
Posted by Abu do you love 2007-03-01 22:22||   2007-03-01 22:22|| Front Page Top

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