Cruise Operators' Shares Fall On Ship Disaster

(Reuters) - Shares of cruise operator Carnival Corp plunged 15 percent on Tuesday after a ship operated by its unit struck a submerged rock and keeled over off the coast of Italy late on Friday.

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