cease-fire
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The on-again, off-again nature of negotiations about a lasting cease-fire in the Gulf has also made calculations harder.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday, after a massive tech selloff on Friday interrupted Wall Street’s two-month rally, and after new developments threatened the fragile cease-fire in the Iran war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
U.S. and Iran maintain a cease-fire amid peace talks, but Israeli forces and Hezbollah exchanged fire in Lebanon despite a truce.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
New skirmishes in the region are hampering cease-fire talks, and highlight that safety — and million-dollar insurance rates per ship — are the top calculations that ship owners will be making.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
If North Vietnam agreed to a cease-fire and returned the American prisoners of war, Nixon said, he would end the bombing and withdraw the remaining American troops.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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