It is officially going to be a tough year. All over the press. BHI to make savings of $500m this year to stay alive. Brace yourselves. Now the real pain. BHI staying alive and Halls aggressive expansion in artificial lift and chemicals bringing more... — read more 

Baker to let go 12+ people

The Halliburton deal is now closed.are we getting our bonus .?

http://www.thestreet.com/story/13553386/1/valueact-may-push-for-baker-hughes-breakup.html

More on their way.

Q1 was terrible, WTF happened. Just people dejected about the merger? No the merger is off, the company is pissing away the entire breakup fee on debt, and buying back shares to pump up the share price. I wonder what group owns a lot of BHI shares or... — read more 

1.Cost cuts "layoffs" 2.Stock buyback "artificially inflated price" 3.Dept reduction "3.5 billion gone" 4.C.Y.A. "Bankrupcy"

It was you guys who scared them off.

Ha ha ha!!! BHI is going to burn through that 3.5 billion in a few days. So sure they were. So sure. So full of sh-- they were. Better start DAT'ing more sh-- and laying off more people; that's the only $ saving plan Baker has. QUIT Craighead, you've... — read more 

any update ?? someone started the move to oust the lot of them yet and who is warren buffet

what is in store for this plant?

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Halliburton-Baker-Hughes-end-merger-deal-7386975.php Halliburton and Baker Hughes abandoned their merger once valued at $35 billion, setting the stage for more layoffs as Houston companies... — read more 

As per Martin's email this morning, Baker is going to refocus on its core businesses: drilling, drill bits, artificial lift, chemicals and a 'selected footprint' (aka small) of onshore pressure pumping. I read this as "all of RDS is going bye-bye"... — read more 

likelihood Unfortunately is ... The planned divistutures will now be ruthlessly sold to ge nov and the like. This will hush value act for a while. And remember only the share price matters!! A lot more of us will be...let go due to cost reductions... — read more 

"We don’t buy the narrative that BHI will be a disaster if the merger with HAL doesn’t consummate," J. David Anderson, an analyst at Barclays Plc, wrote April 28 in a note to investors. Rather, a stand-alone Baker Hughes with $3.5 billion in cash... — read more 

Patheic Financial Engineering at Baker Hughes via Bean Counters

Pallets of boxes delivered to Integration Team

HAL to pay $3.5 B by 5/4/16. Amen! And thank goodness that's over with. One can omnly wonder what madness awaits now.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-01/halliburton-baker-hughes-said-to-call-off-28-billion-merger

This HAL-BHI bust up will generate lawsuits until the end of time for shareholders and employees alike. Join in the fun to come! D Loser and M Crackerhead will be busy defending themselves and their crazy ideas.These guys are as good as gone.

Hi I am developing a mathematical theory of the representivity of discussion forum posts based on the following. N = the population size, eg the No of BH employees. R = the total number of replies to a post. V = the total number of views <= R Rm =... — read more