Dow drops nearly 1,000, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 on US economy fears

New York — Nearly everything on Wall Street is tumbling Monday as fear about a slowing U.S. economy worsens and sets off another sell-off for financial markets around the world. The S&P 500 was down by 3.1% in early trading, coming off its worst week in more than three months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 996 points, or 2.5%, as of 9:50 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite slid 3.8%. The drops were just the latest in a sell-off that swept the Earth. Japan’s Nikkei 225...