satya nadella is a name being floated at microsoft, the cloud services chief. we caught up with him at the internet conference in paris and pressed him on whether he would want the job. take a listen. >> steve ballmer is the ceo, and i am actively engaged in running our enterprise engineering. >> but do you want the chief executive role? >> i have said everything i am going to say about that topic. >> our editor at large, cory johnson, with us now. we have been talking about the microsoft ceo search for a long time now, and they want to name a successor before the end of the year, and that is almost here. we have heard they have reached a stalemate, they are close -- where are we? >> sources have said they have not made a decision quite yet, there are some other possibilities out there, but satya nadella is the leading internal candidate, from what we understand. this is a guy who has been at microsoft for many years and was principal to the cloud and the division that the cloud is underneath, and he is highly respected in that part of the company. the technolo

it is with satya nadella.his is one of the guys shortlisted as a possible successor to steve ballmer. he is currently in the cloud operation at microsoft. he could be one of the guys that takes over as ceo. we will talk to him in the second hour of "the pulse." >> still to come, picks from a celebrity chef and advice on how to succeed in the kitchen, what it takes to run a restaurant empire. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse." time for a quick check on the equity markets. the china data is appointed. that has been a little bit of a wait on the european market. france, you saw the industrial production numbers disappoint. we wait for the u.k. numbers. house prices are hitting a record in the u.k. mark carney saying, let's not be premature. taking you across ahead of those u.k. numbers, dollar-sterling. a little bit of a dip in the value as we wait for the u.k. numbers to come through. u.s. equity futures at the moment indicating a little bit higher. no real data on the slate. fed speakers yesterday, more or less

there is plenty of a buzz about satya nadella. what is going on with the search? paul kedrosky is a managing partner at sk ventures. he will be with us. >> it is kind of odd. a strange cross of reality tv and monty python. the whole idea of a short list goes out the window when your talk about microsoft. everybody is gone. we have a short list. the obvious problem here is anybody with any sort of understanding of technology knows what they are stepping into. they are walking to labor -- badly broken organization with a stellar marketplace that is very mature. add products that are going to end up on the chopping block. that is not an exciting opportunity. when you step out and look at and the problem is, it is not easy for them to make those kind of decisions. what stays and what goes? what vision do they bring? it is an impossible position. >> is it the board or people do not want the job? >> i think people do not want the job and a candidate problem. the classic candidate problem when you are out there as a headhunting firm and opportunity, you have a hard time

. >> moving and shaking this hour is satya nadella. he is one of the possible successors to steve ballmer. he told bloomberg that he plans to stay at microsoft for the long-term, no matter who gets top dog. he did not reveal any secrets when he revealed how the search was going. andteve ballmer is the ceo i am actively engaged in running our enterprise engineering group. >> why would he be considered a candidate? i think that he is the leading candidate. he has created the biggest business within microsoft in the last decade, since the xbox. the cloud services business is huge and growing. has reallyy -- he created that from scratch. it makes a point to the way forward for microsoft. is growing like crazy and it could be the center of computing. we see big cloud companies growing. that could be the future for microsoft, a future that is not dependent on windows. google has a new offering that is --. it is microsoft with the business that satya nadella runs. that could be the way forward for microsoft. we may see what the board is think

onnade -- for more on nadella and what microsoft could look like, cory johnson. >> this guy is important. he is the eternal candidate. a lot of people and microsoft are rooting for him. it is amazing he appeared before our cameras today and said anything because this is a guy who has a tremendous amount of speculation about him. as much as we are hearing another name, he says it is a job. he has no plans to leave here at getting a guy like him would be difficult. satya has been a microsoft employee since 1992. he has run that cloud business. he used to run that server and told business. the cloud service might be more important because if you think about the future of computing, have the stories we do on "bloomberg west" have a consistent trend of companies that do not sell stuff microsoft used to make. people do not buy pcs and mainframes. look at the results from ibm, oracle, and a cisco. you can see the moves that the cloud is having. this guy runs the division at microsoft that will save microsoft. listen to what he had to say about that from paris. >> there is a new growth. if you l

if you were to make an internal choice, i think satkin nadella would be a good an excellent choice.e will add those to the list. thank you for joining us. ," future of "duck dynasty one of the most popular reality shows on television is up in the air after a star makes controversial comments. we dig into how important the show is to the amd bottom line next. ♪ >> this is the early edition of "bloomberg west," and you can also catch us at her later time. a&e is one ofynasty" the most-watched reality tv shows of all-time. it follows a louisiana family that sells hunting equipment. one of the show's stars made homophobic comments in an interview with " gq magazine." he has been suspended and the network is not responded to comments. n/a post, the robertson family says we cannot imagine the show going forward without our patriarch at the helm. we are in discussions with on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone, your tablet, and bloomberg.com. a&e to see what that means for the future. what does that suspension mean for the a&e bottom line? i have to admit that i don't watch the