GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO "THE PULSE," I’M FRANCINE LACQUA IN LONDON. THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK SUGGESTS CHRISTINE LAGARDE HASN’T MADE A DECISION WHEN TO STEP DOWN AS PRESIDENT AND COMES AFTER THE FINANCIAL TIMES REPORTED THE CENTRAL BANKER IS PLANNING AN EARLY EXIT BEFORE HER EIGHT-YEAR TERM EXPIRES IN OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR. JOINING US IS AN ECONOMIST AND THE GLOBAL MARKETS HEAD OF RESEARCH.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. DERRICK, IT’S ALL THE MARKET IS TALKING ABOUT, SPECULATION, SPECULATION, SPECULATIO ...

Memory chip prices have surged, driving a vast divide between winners and losers in the stock market, and investors don't see any end in sight. From Nintendo to Apple, suppliers are seeing their shares slump on concerns about profits. But memory chip producers are soaring to unprecedented heights.To put that in perspective, a Bloomberg gauge of consumer electronics makers is down 10% since the end of September. Meanwhile, a group of memory makers, including Samsung, has surged roughly 160%. The question now ...