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Yes Men Pull Off Halliburton Hoax

HeadlineMay 10, 2006

And the Yes Men have struck again. On Tuesday, a man claiming to be a representative for the company Halliburton gave a presentation at the “Catastrophic Loss” conference at the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. The conference included leaders from the insurance industry. The phony spokesperson gave his name as Fred Wolf. He told conference-goers Halliburton had invented the SurvivaBall — a new orb-like inflatable product to protect corporate managers from the effects of global warming. Wolf said: “It’s essentially a gated community for one.” The hoax comes less than two years after a Yes Men member appeared on the BBC claiming to be a spokesperson for Dow Chemical. He said Dow was taking responsibility for the Bhopal chemical disaster — forcing the company to remind the world it did not take responsibility for the disaster and that there was no compensation fund set-up for the victims.

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