Baker Huges/Western Atlas ... Lay offs buy the bucket full

[Chuck Noriss]

Due to the recent merger ( or should I say buy-out ) of Western Atlas by Baker
Hughes the inevitable has happened. Some 1000 layoffs are ecpected befor the
end of the year due to the synergies between the companies.

You read it here first...

[Texgeekboy]

>Subject: Baker Huges/Western Atlas ... Lay offs buy the bucket full
>From: chuck....@bhinc.com (Chuck Noriss)
>Date: Wed, Aug 12, 1998 16:47 EDT
>Message-id: <6qsuv8$mb0$1...@taliesin.netcom.net.uk>

Well, on or around June 1, 1998 the following was posted in this newsgroup;

+chuck....@bhinc.com (Chuck Noriss) writes:
+
+> Baker Hughes are currently under investigation for various Anti Trust
+> violations concerning the mergers ( and take overs of Baker Hughes ) they
+> are involved with at the moment - Western Atlas , Schlumberger, and some
+> others I'd rather not mention just now, else I give myself away.
+>
+> See the offical Baker Hughes press releases at ;
+>
+> http://www.bakerhughes.com/bakerhughes/hppr.htm
+
+
+Hmmm... "bhinc.com" sounds awfully like "Baker Hughes Incorporated," but
+it's not. The InterNIC WHOIS database shows:
+
+Bohannan-Huston Inc (BHINC-DOM)
+ 7500 Jefferson NE
+ Albuquerque, NM 87109
+
+Nothing to do with Baker Hughes. And the headers for this article show
+this posting information:
+
+NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-00-60.netcomuk.co.uk
+
+So why is someone from a dialup in the UK posting rumors about USA
+antitrust actions against Baker Hughes with a return address that is
+almost, but not quite, the Baker Hughes domain? (Bohannan-Huston appears
+to be a New Mexico engineering company with no particular relation to the
+oil business.) Every corporate merger in the USA is announced "pending
+anti-trust investigation." It is standard procedure. The Baker Hughes
+press releases show nothing special. I wonder what Mr. Noriss knows? Or
+is he just spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt)?
+
+nim...@dim.com

I don't recall the author that investigated Mr. Noriss, but he appeared to do a
pretty good job! It looks like Mr. Noriss is up to his old tricks!!!!!