http://inspiredeconomist.com/2010/06/17/why-did-halliburton-buy-an-oil-cleanup-company-8-days-before-the-oil-spill/
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QuoteThere are innumerable of bits of information floating around in the battle over the narrative of this national disaster. This one is particularly disturbing. From AOL's Daily Finance just over a week before the spill:
"...the days of independence have come to an end for Boots & Coots as the company has agreed to sell out to Halliburton (HAL) for $240.4 million."
M&A in the industrial and oil services sectors is totally normal, but the timing in this case, is not. Boots & Coots sure seems like the perfect company to own if it would soon become necessary to get more involved with some oil disaster (emphasis mine):
I'm not one for the tinfoil hat emoticon but