[Texasforever]

Yes because that was actually the first actual reporting period that Halliburton was in full control of the merged company. Remember that the merger was not complete until 9/98. Prior to that Halliburton and Dresser were issuing their own reports.

[terilyn]

That's how I read it too. I think the comment that it took them a year to announce the change is probably due to the fact that they didn't actually change their accounting until 9/98, but it affected their entire 1998 financials, which were then reported 3/99.