Clif Burns

Clif Burns

Weatherford in Cuba

An article in today’s CNN Money contains some interesting tidbits about Weatherford’s operations in sanctioned countries, which we first reported here, and which have been the subject of a governmental investigation. First, the article notes that Weatherford’s divestment of its…

Man Bites Dog? (Part 2)

Mr. Sasan Azodi, mentioned in yesterday’s post, called me just a few minutes ago to give me his side of the dispute between him and Dräger Safety as to who was at fault for the export of the VisioWave security…

Man Bites Dog?

When companies wind up with products in Iran, they usually claim that they were hoodwinked by their overseas sales reps or agents. In a case involving the German security firm Dräger Safety, the situation appears reversed. According to this article…