Reuters | Global stocks crater in worst week in four years; oil crumbles Reuters NO RESPITE FOR OIL. Brent and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures seesawed through the day, settling lower after Wall Street stock prices gave up earlier strength. The two benchmarks hit 12-year lows earlier in the week. Goldman Sachs said in a ... Historic week: Dow plunges 1079 points US stocks waver as oil slide resumes Dow closes down triple digits; stocks end one of worst first weeks ever |