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Dole Refuses Stock Buy-Back In Order To Modernize Fleet

Dole Refuses Stock Buy-Back In Order To Modernize Fleet

Jun 3, 2013

Dole recently canceled a plan to buy back some of their own stock in order to use the money to modernize their shipping fleet. Dole will spend “$165 million on three new refrigerated container ships for its U.S. West Coast operations,” according to the Los Angeles Business Journal. To read more, click HERE.

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