CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Wachovia Corp. chief executive Ken Thompson was pushed out Monday as head of the nation's fourth-largest bank, becoming the latest financial services executive to be ousted amid turmoil in the U.S. housing market.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The West Bank is open for business after years of bloody turmoil.

WASHINGTON -- Turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still "far from normal," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.

NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended the week with a big decline as investors grappled with two of the biggest threats to the economy: fallout from turmoil in the credit market and surging energy prices. All three major indexes suffered losses for the week.

NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended the week with a big decline as investors grappled with two of the biggest threats to the economy: fallout from turmoil in the credit market and surging energy prices. All three major indexes suffered losses for the week.

WASHINGTON -- Turmoil in credit and housing markets will be the most significant threat to growth this year, according to a survey of top financial company executives released Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill calling for federal intervention to stabilize the student loan market amid turmoil brought on by the mortgage crisis.

WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday backed a measure aimed at ensuring students get college loans amid the turmoil in the credit markets.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The $85 billion student loan business is in turmoil and with millions of U.S. students locking in funding for the coming school year, Congress is scrambling to make sure enough money is available.

NEW YORK, March 31 -- U.S. stocks ended the first quarter with the steepest loss in nearly six years as turmoil in the financial markets showed increasing signs of spilling over into the wider economy and debate turned from whether a recession was coming to how deep it would be.