Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Monday as investors watch the developing situation in Ukraine as Russia amasses troops on the border, Canada’s most populous province will lift its COVID-19 proof-of-vaccination requirements in two weeks, and Minnesota law students gathered for a demonstration of justice for Amir Locke and all stolen lives at Peavey Plaza in downtown Minneapolis Friday. Mae Macfarlane has today’s News in :90.
Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as national and some U.S. states reopen their economies from lockdowns, people in Ohio are voting by mail for the state’s primary election, and St. Thomas holds online EcoChallenge. University Affairs Editor Justin Amaker has today’s News in :90 from a distance.
General spectators will not be allowed to attend Saturday’s Tommie-Johnnie men’s basketball game, universities switch to online classes, Trump restricted passenger travel for a month between the United States and all European nations, and stocks tumbled. Ad/PR Representative Olivia Zipperer has today’s News in :90.
Designer Christine Hastings outlines the basics of understanding the stock market. View the graphic to learn about supply and demand and “Bear” and “Bull” markets.
This is News in :90 for Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
