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U.S. stocks set to join global sell-off

Published October 8, 2008, 4:21 am, Detroit News

NEW YORK -- Wall Street looked set to plunge along with markets across the world on Wednesday as fears about the growing financial crisis and fears of a global recession continued to rattle investors. Dow Jones industrial futures dropped 140 points.

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