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title: Halliburton gets in there first
date: 2005-09-05T22:45:00Z
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I was not in the least bit surprised when I saw my first “Katrina as business opportunity” headline. A useful definition of news though is something unexpected (“man bites dog”), and this story certainly doesn’t count on that score.

[Halliburton Subsidiary Taps Contract For Repairs](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/04/AR2005090401193.html?referrer=email&referrer=email)

Good old  Kellogg, Brown & Root.