Halliburton Chief Executive Dave Lesar said Tuesday in his first live remarks since the failed merger was announced Sunday that his company still wants to be a one-stop-shop for exploration and production companies, and said it would seek other ways to grow and increase its reach worldwide. “If we had been successful, adding the Baker Hughes assets would have given us that scale quickly,” Mr. Lesar said in a conference call. “But our strategy has not changed.” That was in contrast to remarks Tuesday from Baker Hughes Chief Executive Martin Craighead, who said his company plans a more specialized business model, pulling back from some markets and services such as fracking in the U.S., to focus on developing and selling new technologies. “There are certain markets where certain product lines frankly aren’t earning their […]

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