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emily: jim farley, you can check more of that interview at bloomberg.com. bring in ed ludlow. you wrote that story a couple of weeks ago that ford was considering this. at the time, they denied it. ed: ford is going to do what he can, manage the existing legacy business, bring profit out of it, use that money to fund ev growth. they want to be tesla. you are right, they did consider a spinoff, and farley explained at the news conference earlier on wednesday morning that they looked at it carefully, that is his quote. in the end, they did not go for it because they wanted the businesses to be able to share strengths, have a symbiotic relationship. emily: meantime, ford is one of the biggest companies self sanctioning in russia. what did he have to say about their decision, how long that will stand? ed: he was very sympathetic with the ukrainian people. he talks to me about ukrainian employees ford has. he reiterated action that ford has paused operations in russia. ford has been pulling out of that market 2017. the other impact is supply chain. ford got hit

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you can get more on our website, bloomberg.com. that is it for the european market open.ance: early edition" is up next, and we will have a big focus on energy. we have a half-hour special called "the price of power." ♪ francine: good morning and welcome to "bloomberg surveillance: early edition." i'm francine lacqua in london. russia threatens to cut gas applied to europe via nord stream 1. nickel season on president spike to hit a record high. the london metal exchange is forced to suspend trading. the price of power, later this hour where we look at the latest moves in energy prices. we will speak to catherine macgregor, ceo, e

you can read our big take stories on the terminal and bloomberg.com. with us, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we can say the signals we hear are positive but they cannot silence the explosion of russian cells. >> all we're are doing is winding down trade. >> this is bloomberg surveillance: early edition with francine lacqua operating -- francine lacqua. francine: welcome. here's what's coming up on today's program. the u.s. expresses skepticism

taylor: don't forget you can subscribe to his weekly newsletter at bloomberg.com.ther stories we are watching. take a look at nvidia. shares rallied on friday with chipmaker extending a recent advance is analyst all look ahead to the company's conference and investor invents -- events next week. shares are up putting it on track for its biggest weekly get -- gain since march 2020. a container ship has been stuck since sunday night. in hopes of getting it unstuck, evergreen marine has hired the same company it used to free three other container ships when it ran aground in the suez canal last year and the over number that. it disrupted global trade for months. that does it for this addition of -- edition of bloomberg technology. wall street week is next with david westin. a big week from the federal reserve, i know they will touch on it. plus we listen to today show on the bloomberg technology new podcast. you can find it on the terminal as well as online. have a great weekend, everyone. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the fed, inflation, and war in ukraine are all coming t

tom: well worth checking out on the terminal and on bloomberg.com.eats and opportunities from globalization as a consequence of this conflict. as we speak, arrivals continue in brussels for that nato summit. u.s. president joe biden set to meet with allies in brussels. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: welcome back to the open. you can see a bit of stabilization for some equities. the focus is on futures with the rising dynamic between bonds and stocks is something we need to keep an eye on and treasury has been on the move. investors weighing the risk of rising inflation compared to the impact of the war on ukraine on growth. with the russian index in terms of trading. no foreign investors allowed, we don't know exactly what to make of that rise. tom: president biden in brussels to attend the nato summit today. that is as washington and the eu, closer to a deal to cut the blocks dependence on russian energy. the u.s. and its allies are looking to further isolate and punish moscow for the ukraine war. we go to annmarie hordern. get us up to speed on wha

that is on the terminal and bloomberg.com. coming up, crypto heist. have stolen more than $600 million from a blockchain connected to an online game. this is bloomberg. ♪ dani: welcome back. i'm dani burger in london. hackers have stolen $600 million in one of the biggest crypto heists to date. thieves connected to the popular online game axie infinity. the breach took place march 23, but it was only discovered yesterday. good luck to unpack, but let's do it with our asia crypto editor. office through the basics. what happened here? >> basically, the hackers were able to exploit this bridge that is operated in conjunction with the axie infinity owners and they were able to siphon away about 173,000 ether and 25 million, so they were able to get away with one of the biggest crypto hacks today. it is an issue, these bridges, basically software that allows you to change tokens into things that can be used on other networks. so it is glue that lets crypto operate between networks, a lot of the code isn't really audited, you don't necessarily know who is m

you can see the full interview on our website at bloomberg.com.ck check on what is going on in the markets. it has been a volatile day but we have not seen huge moves. right now, the s&p 500 is gaining .2%. you can see that investors are in treasuries, pushing the yield down. 1.8577. the bloomberg dollar index is also bid. crude has come off of its highs. nymex crude approaching 115 dollars a barrel as brent got closer to 120. the two have turned around to some extent. seems monday, tuesday, wednesday were the more volatile sessions. coming up, with european gas prices swinging wildly amid the war in ukraine, we will discuss the impact of its -- europe's dependency on russian gas. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: welcome to the bnn bloomberg audience. i am mark crumpton with first word news. the european commission is talking about that possibility with member states, according to a commission spokeswoman. ukraine has called on the debbie to to suspend russia from participating in the geneva-based trade body. as refugees from ukraine or into surrounding

emily: you can catch more of my interview with brian chesky at bloomberg.com.g up, crypto and the war in ukraine -- we will talk about the role of crypto in this conflict and whether it could become a tool to circumvent sanctions. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: time now for our crypto report. we see crypto surging for a second day. do we see crypto decoupling from traditional markets? >> a few really interesting things happening in the markets. prices getting closer to 44,000 dollars, really getting a lift these last couple of days and if you look at the prices, take a look at the bitcoin price, that's risen over the last two or three days. stocks over the last two days have dropped. there is a correlation about a week or so ago, that looks like it is starting to break off. i want to take a look at theory him prices. you have a theory him reaching about $3000 -- ethereum reaching $3000. it's closely tied to a lot of stable coins. in this new era where there is a lot of uncertainty, you are seeing a lift in stable coins like finance. -- like by nance.

you can catch the full interview on bloomberg.com.ntime, mckenzie scott made the largest publicly disclosed gift since she pledged to give away the majority of her will -- her wealth in 2019. she donated $634 million to habitat for humanity. scott is the ex-wife of amazon founder jeff bezos. she is worth more than $54 billion according to the bloomberg billionaires index. coming up, how to get more women creating nft's. we speak to entrepreneur randi zuckerberg and a ceo about their upcoming class on nft's for wo men. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: nft's, the collectible art projects, could be the future of content creation, but how do we get more women creating them? that is the focus of randi zuckerberg, plunging a -- launching a new class to help women participate in the rapidly evolving nft landscape. i want to bring in randi zuckerberg, along with stacey bendet, the creative director and ceo of alice and olivia, one of my favorite brands. randi, talk to me about this class you are launching to teach creatives. randi: first of all, n

. ♪ emily: you can subscribe to his weekly newsletter at bloomberg.com.n update on the world of chips with nvidia, one of the world's biggest chipmakers saying this week it is considering having its main rival intel manufacturer those chips. let's get more on this with who covers the chip industry for us. why would nvidia decide to use intel as its foundry. guest: it is important to put these are marks -- remarks in context. the ceo saying we are not looking into new --any new suppliers, having as many as we can get makes sense. intel, if they can back -- get back to leading edge and the best production, best performance, we will definitely look at them. emily: what is the next step here? what is going to get intel over the line or nvidia over the line? guest: the other side is he makes positive complementary remarks about intel and says this is the right thing to do, and then says by the way, it is going to be really difficult to get there. they have to change the whole culture and he starts on this list of comparisons unfavorably with tsmc and samsung.

we have the full interview at bloomberg.com.g up, we speak with the cofounder and chief security officer of chainalysis, a tool to monitor russian sanctions and how they picture the role going forward in national security. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: time now for the crypto report, no week four of the war on ukraine. it has been a wild ride both for financial markets and cryptocurrency.sonali basak is with us to talk about more. talk about the latest move. reporter: after a small slump, we are seeing crypto prices moved back higher finally, a sustained level above 41,000 dollars at the moment. that is higher than it was at the beginning of last week, but i do want to talk about longer-term moves. the sustained level above $41,000, if you take a look at what bitcoin has done throughout the start of the war, you have seen it lift higher. there's a couple reasons. one from regulatory clarity, from the u.s. and others, but also the idea that bitcoin can really serve as an alternate form of currency has jogged the minds of many inves

emily: you can catch the full interview at bloomberg.com. coming up, the future of money.e talk about the role of digital assets in the war on ukraine and more, next. ♪ emily: global stock markets -- yet bitcoin usually no strange has been locked in its narrowest trading range in more than a year, a trend likely to continue according to mike novogratz. he joined bloomberg's new crypto show. >> let's say the dollar might never be the same. the biggest thing that has happened in the last 10 years in lots of ways, maybe longer, is when europe and the u.s. said russia, those reserves you thought were yours are not really your reserves. what does that mean? the dollar or treasuries as a risk-free asset is not risk-free, not if you are russian, and if you are chinese it may not be risk-free either. i think we are entering in a world that is unknown, where people are going to struggle to figure out what is the reserve currency? the u.s. is not going away. the dollar is not going away. i think you will see this hodgepodge of assets, gold, certainly digital assets will be part of t

emily: you can subscribe to mark's news later at bloomberg.com.llowing that apple event next week. apple updating its return to office policy, the company setting april 11 as the deadline for corporate employees to return to end person work at least one day a week. it will be a bellwether as to whether the company can run office life and a postman to make our. meta is looking at halting all advertising in russia. take a listen aboutmeta's actions in advertising when it comes to russia. >> we are taking extensive steps to ensure the safety of our community and to support the people using our services both in ukraine and all over the world. we have established a special operations center, it is working around-the-clock, it is responding to activity on our platforms in real-time, and we are monitoring the situation. emily: we will be monitoring data. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> as putin continues his attack on ukraine, economic ramifications continue to unfold. this is "wall street week." this week, larry summers on the direct impact of the sanctions and

have a look at the big take, take a look at it on the terminal and on bloomberg.com.g deep dive into this fascinating retrenchment that we see from the russian market. let's get more on the bloomberg first word news with laura wright. laura: president biden says further sanctions on russia will be announced during his trip to europe for a special nato summit on the war. ukraine's volodymyr zelenskyy will take part in thursday's meeting by video. that's as kyiv says the evacuation of civilians from the southern port city of mariupol his continuing, plus about 100 people -- 100,000 people remained under bombard. the china eastern airlines plane that crashed on monday was traveling at close to speed of sound in the moments before it slammed into a hillside. that's according to a flight track data analyzed by bloomberg. such an impact may complicate the investigation, because it turned -- it obliterated evidence and damaged recorders. damage -- data suggest the boeing 737 800 at times may have exceeded 700 miles per hour. judge jackson is getting closer to becoming the fi

you can read our big take stories on the terminal and bloomberg.com. with us, this is bloomberg. ♪ punish the wealthy but to say they need to pay their fair share and there's a big cheer for that kind of idea. for the last ten years we've really had an austerity budget particularly because of sequestration. and it's really, i think, hurt so much of our economy. one agency i wanted to talk to you about that has been the victim of sequestration has been the national labor relations board. which has remained flat funded since 2014. so in order for the nlrb to do its job it needs to have increased funding. we have seen a 50% increase in union election petitions, but the total funding has fallen by 30% since the year 2010. now i know that the budget that you, the president has is by 16%. i wanted to ask if it will help protect and empower american workers and would the administration raise any concerns if the congress were to provide additional funding increase to the nlrb? >> none at all. as you point out the agency has been starved of resources and lost c

you can read that piece on the terminal or at bloomberg.com. we have plenty more ahead.p it here with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: welcome back. here is the latest business flash. mcdonald's is temporarily closing all of its 850 locations in russia following criticism that it failed to act quickly after the invasion of ukraine. the fast food chain says it will continue to pay its 62,000 employees and it cannot predict when it might be able to reopen restaurants. starbucks says its licensed partner in russia will immediately pause operations at all of its 130 stores. despite the closures, the chain says it will provide support to almost 2000 partners in the country. and coca-cola and pepsi has suspended business and sales in russia. pepsi's action will apply to soda drinks as well as advertising activities, but it says it will continue to provide products like milk and human formula. -- baby formula. coca-cola did not specify which products would be affected. rishaad: let's have a look at markets. japan going to the lunch break. checking in on some c

you can read the story on the terminal and bloomberg.com. >> we are watching chinese adrs. we saw the downside pressure on the session today, which took the losses to this year to 16%, this as china is facing revelatory oversight. there will be according to beijing authorities, a crackdown on tax evasion and content violation, and the big players in that area are these companies , and were bracing for market opens in china, because after the close, we saw the sec has added other firms to a growing list of companies that could get kicked off u.s. exchanges because of beijing's refusal to permit u.s. access to their audits. after the market closed, we actually had the sec chairman gary gensler casting doubt on any minute deal with china to avoid delisting. for the latest, let's bring in stephen engle. what do we know about this list? >> well, it seems as though, of course, this law passed in december 2020, holding foreign companies accountable back, is being enforced, and the sec is adding companies to the list, about 11 names on the list, including the new provisional list,

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