The Greek owner's bid would thus be the second consecutiveshipping initial public offering in New York forced below its intended pricebenchmarks by wary investors.

It comes weeks after billionaire investor WilburL Ross pulled his Diamond S Shipping IPO rather than see it price a dollarbelow its stated minimum.

Stalwart's pricing efforts were in flux Wednesday evening andsources warned it was still in the running to price at some number, but clearlybelow the target $11 to $13 per share. 

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