<HTML>In a message dated 4/21/2003 10:27:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kjkhoo@softhome.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Didn't Halliburton put KBR under bankruptcy court supervision to rid itself of the asbestos claims? Under US law, can a company under such supervision receive new contracts? </BLOCKQUOTE> Halliburton is only putting a portion of KBR through the chapter 11 process, the portion that caps the asbestos claims. That's the oddness of the whole agreement. But, even without it, companies under chapter 11 protection from creditors can still receive contracts. WorldCom was receiving new defense contracts while under chapter 11, with several officers under indictment, and while undergoing SEC fraud investigations and multiple class action suits. Nomi</HTML>