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Oil crash: Halliburton slashes another 5,000 jobs

Cheap oil just claimed another 5,000 jobs.

Halliburton (HAL) is cutting 8% of its workforce, or roughly 5,000 positions, the Houston energy company told CNNMoney on Thursday.


The new wave of job cuts will take place across the globe over the next several weeks.

It's the latest evidence of the crisis confronting the U.S. oil industry as crude prices have crashed to seven-year lows.

"Our industry has turned down faster than anyone ever expected," Halliburton CEO Dave Lesar and President Jeff Miller said in a memo to employees obtained by CNNMoney. The execs said it's now clear that business opportunities will be "much worse than anticipated" coming into the year.

The latest pink slips bring Halliburton's job cut tally to between 26,000 to 27,000 since employee headcount peaked in 2014, the company said.

Related: Why people are freaking out about cheap oil

Halliburton has also attempted to cope with cheap oil by consolidating facilities in 20 countries and closing down operations altogether in another two countries.

The oil downturn has sent Halliburton's profits plunging. Its stock price has lost more than half its value since mid-2014 when crude prices peaked.

Oil services companies like Halliburton and rivals Schlumberger (SLB) and Baker Hughes (BHI) have announced some of the largest job cuts over the past 18 months. These companies provide the tools and expertise to drill oil -- but don't own the actual reserves in the ground.

The dramatic reduction in drilling activity in the U.S. has cost oil services companies lots of business. The drilling business they do get has been won with steep discounts amid the downturn. For instance, Halliburton said its U.S. customers will spend about 50% less in 2016 than last year.

Many smaller oil services companies are now experiencing financial stress. At least 44 services companies have filed for bankruptcy since the end of 2014, according to law firm Haynes & Boone.

--CNN's Ryan Rios contributed to this report.

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Liverpool into last 16 of Europa League with win over Augsburg

Liverpool scraped past Augsburg and into the last 16 of the Europa League after a nervy 1-0 win at Anfield.

James Milner's fifth-minute penalty proved decisive but despite creating a number of chances it was far from convincing.

However, the job was completed, just, without too much damage - and the need for energy-sapping extra-time - to allow Jurgen Klopp and his players to concentrate on Sunday's Capital One Cup final against Manchester City.

Aside from the result the real positive was another 65 minutes in the bank for Daniel Sturridge, making his third consecutive start for the first time since last March, who looked Liverpool's most dangerous player and will be the key man again at Wembley.

Even before kick-off the numbers were loaded in Liverpool's favour as they had played German opposition 16 times at Anfield and never lost, winning 13 matches and keeping 12 clean sheets.

But those figures hardly added up to much in the context of a game which became increasingly tense with such a slender lead.

Following a scare after just 46 seconds when Caiuby fired over after being given a free run through, the hosts settled into their stride and were ahead by the fifth minute.

Dominik Kohr and Caiuby got themselves in a tangle trying to deal with Jordan Henderson's cross resulting in the former handling.

Milner tucked the penalty inside Marwin Hitz's left-hand post and just out of the reach of the goalkeeper for his second successive spot-kick in home European games.

Liverpool's attacking trio of Sturridge, Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino were displaying a greater understanding of each other on their third consecutive start together and that caused Augsburg plenty of problems in the final third.

It was only the smart reactions of Hitz which kept the score to 1-0 at half-time as he saved from Coutinho, brilliantly tipped over Firmino's deflection and denied Sturridge at the same near post with another outstanding low stop.

But despite their dominance there was the occasional concern at the other end with Simon Mignolet palming away left-back Kostas Stafylidis' shot and Caiuby rolling a shot wide having rounded the goalkeeper from a short backpass by midfielder-turned-centre-back Lucas Leiva.

Sturridge should have put the game beyond Augsburg just after the break when a misplaced pass by Christoph Janker was returned by Coutinho but, having side-stepped Ragnar Klavan, he rolled a right-footed shot wide of the far post.

It was his last meaningful action as Divock Origi replaced him just after the hour but, with Augsburg sensing their chance, Mignolet had one dash to the edge of his area to beat Tobias Werner to a dangerous through-ball.

Hitz's superb reactions were tested again when Origi's cross was deflected at him by team-mate Halil Altintop and then Henderson stabbed the ball at him from seven yards.

The final 10 minutes was the most nervy of affairs as, after substitute Jan Moravek volleyed wide, the majority of the hearts inside Anfield skipped a beat as Stafylidis's 89th-minute free-kick dropped just over the crossbar.

Having fallen at this hurdle on their last two attempts, the latest 12 months ago in a penalty shoot-out against Besiktas, progress has at least been made.

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Athletics: Adams comfortable with return

Valerie Adams got through her comeback event at the Auckland Track Challenge in Waitakere tonight without hiccup, but was still a long way off her best form.

A best throw of 18.85m was her best effort since 2014 but the two-time Olympic champion wasn't focusing much on the numbers ahead of a massive campaign building towards the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games later in the year.

"It was good. The body is not too bad," the 31-year-old says.

"Today was a bit of an unknown to be honest. Training has been going very well. I actually feel pretty good. I think there was a bit of anxiety with my first competition probably and it got to me a bit but in saying that I finished off with a throw further than where I was at last year.

"I wanted to get over 19 metres tonight I have got to be honest with you but hey, we'll take it.

"It was fun though."

Adams looked frustrated throughout the competition, often looking towards coach Jean-Pierre Egger in the stands and remonstrating about her technique. But afterwards she was bubbly and seemed pleased just to get through the event even if her best distance was well short of what she's been putting up in training.

"I'm not happy but I'll take it," she says. "After my surgeries and everything that has happened in 2015 what I can take out of it is that was further than I have thrown in the last 15 months. I tried too hard and it probably got the best of me to be honest."

With a base to begin with Adams will turn her attention to the National Championships in Dunedin next weekend before beginning her comeback on the international stage in mid-March.

"I have got this under my belt, which I think was a good thing. Whether we came out now or came out next weekend the anxiety would still have been there so I am glad to kind of get it over and done with and get the feel of competition again.

"I think it is about improving on tonight's performance. Anyone can raise the bar by one metre, two metres or three metres - everybody wants to be the best but for me it is about improving on tonight's performance and I think next weekend I'll be a lot more calm now that I have got this out of the way."

Men's shot put star Tom Walsh bettered rival Jacko Gill's New Zealand residents record with a throw of 20.91m. Gill withdrew from the Auckland Track Challenge with a wrist injury while Walsh sat out the Big Throw competition, where Gill posted his short-lived record a fortnight ago. The pair will go head-to-head at the National Champs next week pending Gill's recovery.

Meanwhile promising pole vaulter Eliza McCartney jumped 4.65m and attempted the Oceania record of 4.78m but was unsuccessful. She lost to Australian rival and training partner Alana Boyd on a count back after neither athlete could improve from the 4.65m mark.

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