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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: D. Long who wrote (150055)	6/4/2001 1:37:52 PM
From: asenna1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"Of course, there will also be a chance to cash in on the renewed boom in oil and gas exploration. Just remember that many such stocks already reflect those opportunities. Vice President Cheney's old firm Halliburton will be a prime beneficiary of the Administration's energy plan. But Halliburton shares -- up 50 percent since April -- look expensive at 36 times this year's earnings." "By letting Cheney treat his departure as early retirement, the directors allowed him to keep $10 million worth of stock and options he would have forfeited had he simply resigned, the company's public filings show. It was not clear whether $10 million was part of the retirement package or in addition to it, the Times said.