Halliburton Co. stock dropped 1% after the energy company announced it would cut 5,000 jobs, or about 8% of its workforce, citing “ongoing market conditions,” according to The Wall Street Journal. The company already announced 22,000 job cuts amid low oil prices. Halliburton shars are down 26.4% for the past year while the S&P is down 8.1% for the same period.
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