<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Halliburton Co <HAL.N> posted a 61 percent drop in quarterly profit on Friday, hurt by weak North American natural gas activity, but the figures topped Wall Street forecasts.</p><p>The world ...

<div id="subtitle">Halliburton 2Q profit falls 48 pct; CEO says no end to natural gas glut this year</div><div><p>Halliburton on Monday said its profit tumbled for a second straight quarter, primarily from a falloff in natural-gas production in ...

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Halliburton Co <HAL.N> posted a higher-than-expected profit on Monday, lifting its shares, but the world's second-largest oil services company warned that North American natural gas markets would stay weak throughout 2009.</p>&lt ...

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