captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. investors were hanging up on research in motion today after the surprise resignation of its co-c.e.o. s leadership over the weekend. tom, shares of the company plunged 8%. tom: susie, this is a big management shakeup at the maker of the blackberry smartphone, but by the looks of today s stock sell-off, investors aren t convinced that new c.e.o. thorstein heins can do more to help the company better compete with apple and google. susie: but on day one in the job, the new c.e.o. was putting out the message that he has a plan to get rim on the right track. erika miller reports. reporter: thorsten heins is smiling in his media photo, but it s clear there s a lot of weight on his shoulders. this little-known insider took the helm at troubled blackberry maker research in motion over the weekend. in video released by the company, heins is promising to deliver change. when we decide on getting something done, i wan
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. my colleague tom hudson is on assignment. a bad end to a good month. stocks fell sharply today, but october was a stellar month the best gains since 1987. here s a look at the numbers. by the closing bell today, the dow was down 276 points, the nasdaq tumbled 52 and the s&p 500 was off 31. but looking at the month, the dow was up 9.5% in october and the nasdaq and s&p each added 11%. erika miller looks at what investors can expect for the rest of the year. reporter: there were plenty of reasons to feel scared on wall street today. even stock investors got frightened, sending market averages down sharply. but relax, strategist andrew burkley says. today s decline is natural after thrilling gains last week. the market is just generally digesting things. and, i think as we ve gotten past the european solution or summit last
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. my colleague tom hudson is on assignment. a bad end to a good month. stocks fell sharply today, but october was a stellar month the best gains since 1987. here s a look at the numbers. by the closing bell today, the dow was down 276 points, the nasdaq tumbled 52 and the s&p 500 was off 31. but looking at the month, the dow was up 9.5% in october and the nasdaq and s&p each added 11%. erika miller looks at what investors can expect for the rest of the year. reporter: there were plenty of reasons to feel scared on wall street today. even stock investors got frightened, sending market averages down sharply. but relax, strategist andrew burkley says. today s decline is natural after thrilling gains last week. the market is just generally digesting things. and, i think as we ve gotten past the european solution or summit last
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. my colleague tom hudson is on assignment. a bad end to a good month. stocks fell sharply today, but october was a stellar month the best gains since 1987. here s a look at the numbers. by the closing bell today, the dow was down 276 points, the nasdaq tumbled 52 and the s&p 500 was off 31. but looking at the month, the dow was up 9.5% in october and the nasdaq and s&p each added 11%. erika miller looks at what investors can expect for the rest of the year. reporter: there were plenty of reasons to feel scared on wall street today. even stock investors got frightened, sending market averages down sharply. but relax, strategist andrew burkley says. today s decline is natural after thrilling gains last week. the market is just generally digesting things. and, i think as we ve gotten past the european solution or summit last
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. my colleague tom hudson is on assignment. a bad end to a good month. stocks fell sharply today, but october was a stellar month the best gains since 1987. here s a look at the numbers. by the closing bell today, the dow was down 276 points, the nasdaq tumbled 52 and the s&p 500 was off 31. but looking at the month, the dow was up 9.5% in october and the nasdaq and s&p each added 11%. erika miller looks at what investors can expect for the rest of the year. reporter: there were plenty of reasons to feel scared on wall street today. even stock investors got frightened, sending market averages down sharply. but relax, strategist andrew burkley says. today s decline is natural after thrilling gains last week. the market is just generally digesting things. and, i think as we ve gotten past the european solution or summit last