...chairman Micky Arison said in a statement. But Princess said its board preferred its planned merger deal with Royal Caribbean Ltd. Princess also said a merger with Carnival would be "subject to greater regulatory risk in the United States and...

LONDON - - P&O Princess Cruises PLC is merging with Miami-based Royal Caribbean Ltd. in a deal worth about $6 billion that creates the world's largest cruise ship company in an industry hurt by the Sept. 11...

...hostile bid Monday to buy Britain's P&O Princess Cruises PLC, which has already agreed to a merger deal with Royal Caribbean Ltd. Executives for Miami-based Carnival announced their effort to take the offer directly to shareholders a day...

...trip?" "I don't know what that number is," Binkley said, declining to speculate. Both Carnival Corp. and Royal Caribbean Ltd. are publicly traded companies that report extensive financial data to the Securities and Exchange Commission...

...Partners, Princess Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Holland America and Royal Caribbean. Celebrity is owned by Royal Caribbean Ltd., Princess and Holland America are owned by Carnival Corp., and Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line is owned...