CTReaderEast.com Local News, Read all about it!: Stocks, oil, gold tank on growing recession fears Stocks, oil, gold tank on growing recession fears ================================================================================ CTRiverEast.com on 24 October, 2008 10:20:15 New York (AP, Oct. 24, 2008 Updated 4:47 PM) -- Wall Street has ended the week with another sharp loss, joining stock markets around the world that fell on the growing belief that a punishing economic recession is at hand.