World & Nation
Overseas Shipholding must pay the record fine for dumping oil waste into the ocean.
Dec. 20, 2006
Business
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. said it signed a definitive agreement to merge its Celebrity Cruise Lines Inc. with Royal Caribbean Cruises Inc. in a transaction valued at $1.3 billion.
July 3, 1997
Travel & Experiences
Carnival Corp. said it offered to buy Celebrity Cruise Line Inc. for $525 million, topping a $500-million bid from rival Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. a week ago.
June 26, 1997
Royal Caribbean said it is buying money-losing Celebrity cruise lines in a $1.3-billion deal that will give Royal Caribbean five relatively new ships and an opportunity to expand.
June 18, 1997
Mergers: The large cruise line is set to join others that are consolidating, analysts say.
June 30, 1997
Money & Company
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May 19, 2008
Commodities: OPEC is expected to vote this weekend to raise its output, but the size of an increase still is uncertain.
Sept. 9, 2000
Portugal will send a new but wrecked ship and its cargo of 5,400 Japanese cars to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, despite the outrage of ecologists, because “no practical alternative is available.”
Oct. 23, 1988
The S&P; 500 index climbs nearly 1%. The dollar strengthens against the euro as bond yields and oil prices rise.
Nov. 30, 2006
International Shipholding Corp., a New Orleans-based international marine-transport company, paid $15.6 million to acquire Waterman Industries Corp., an Exeter, Calif.
April 19, 1989