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Israel, Palestinians put lid on Gaza, for now
TEL AVIV/GAZA (Reuters) – Israel and the Palestinians stepped back from the brink of a new war in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, sending signals to each other via Egypt that they would hold their fire unless attacked, after five days of mounting violence. The tacit truce arrested an escalation to all-out fighting, but both sides remain armed and primed for another round in the unresolved conflict that has festered since Hamas Islamist militants took over the enclave in 2007 Continue reading
Israel, Palestinians put lid on Gaza, for now
TEL AVIV/GAZA (Reuters) – Israel and the Palestinians stepped back from the brink of a new war in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, sending signals to each other via Egypt that they would hold their fire unless attacked, after five days of mounting violence. Continue reading
GDP data, weak profits could weigh on stocks
Stocks could struggle to stay close to nearly five-year highs this week as worries mount about third-quarter earnings and the market appears primed for a pullback from recent stimulus-driven gains. Continue reading
iPhone faces stiff, and cheap, competition in China
SHANGHAI — In China’s booming smartphone market, which is set this year to overtake the United States as the world’s largest, a host of little-known local firms are primed with cheap phones to squeeze market share from U.S. giant Apple Inc’s iPhone. Continue reading
