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Halliburton and Baker Hughes call off $34bn merger

Graham Watson

2nd May 2016

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It's not often that a merger this large turns sour but in this case Halliburton and Baker Hughes the 2nd and 3rd largest oil services companies have walked away from a large merger.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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