conflict

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Becky Alderton, experience manager at Best of Suffolk, said a break away was very important for families - and with the conflict causing uncertainty, it was seeing an increase in demand for its cottages.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The average rate on a two-year fixed deal was 4.83% at the start of the conflict, but rose to a peak a week ago of 5.90%, according to financial information service Moneyfacts.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“It moves developments closer to our baseline scenario for the conflict, which envisages an end to hostilities and a normalization of shipping by the end of this month.”

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Over the past three weeks, the S&P and the tech-heavy Nasdaq have enjoyed their biggest gains since 2020 as investors start to look past the disruptions of the nearly seven-week-old Mideast conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The new history of science, beginning with Kuhn, tried to ground these new ways of thinking in intellectual communities: the success of new ideas depended upon conflict and competition within and between communities of thinkers.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton