mr. krzanich to step down.much as they wouldn't have wanted this over the normal course how would you view his tenure thus far positively, i would on. >> positive. >> very positive >> brandy was always in the green room when he came on, and we hope everything -- we want hing to work out brian spoke softly and carried a great set of numbers he was responsible and when he would go out to california i always was expecting just one more great piece of news and he always gave it to you. >> that chart over your shoulder, jim. that's the chart of intel shares since krzanich was named ceo >> it's great. it is a very low-multiple stock. it's a low-multiple stock because people keep interpreting the company as being a pc company. never mind that they turned around hp and giving you double-digit growth. you're dealing with a company that sells at 13 times earnings. remember micron sells at 14 times earnings, but micron is allegedly more boom and bust i don't think it is anymore, but -- look, intel from the days of moore,

has announced that its chief executive, brian krzanich, is stepping down with immediate effect because of "a violation of intel's non—fraternisation policy". mrt high—profile exit amid pressure on companies to address issues around gender relations and office conduct. the american bike—sharing service, lime, is launching an electric scooter scheme in paris today. users will be able to hire the scooters using the company's mobile app. lime already runs similar schemes in berlin, frankfurt and zurich, and plans further expansion across europe later this year. this is what stock markets have been doing. asian stocks fell to 6 month lows in trading. as with much of recent times it's the fear over trade wars that has worried investors and decided the direction of shares. yesterday india and turkey sais they wld impose tariffs on us goods as the prospect of a global trade war gets closer. in europe it looks like energy stocks could help markets ahead of that opec meeting of oil—producing nations as oil prices continue to see gains this friday. and kim gittleson has the details about what's ahead on wall street today. on friday investors will be pay