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摘要

Houston-Beleaguered oilfield service giant Halliburton reported an expected but stunning us633-mil second quarter loss late July 22,mainly on asbestos charges,cutting its net worth by half from a year ago to us1.7-bil.The loss of us1.51/share included us609-mil after-tax (us1.39/share) to trim expected insurance proceeds as part of Halliburton's hoped-for deal with insurers to clear the way for a pre-packaged bankruptcy settlement of several billion dollars in injury claims.