In other business news, Halliburton has reported it made a company-record $2.4 billion last year–making 2005 the company’s most profitable year in its 86 year history. The company–which was once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney–has seen its stock value double over the past year. Last week Halliburton subsidiary KBR won a $385 million contract to build and operate new detention facilities in case of a “emergency influx of immigrants” into the country.