not to beher comments very friendly to "newsweek." i have a problem with the way she spoke about it. there's a back story to that and she knows there is one. brown was briefed on the story before it was released to the public? >> of course not. as a back story to the relationship with tina brown and "newsweek." she's not an objective story. >> i don't think it was a source issue. i shake the commented on the story -- think she commented on the story. >> you can see it that way. goodman, author of "the face of bitcoin." later on we will be joined by talk about this as well. we will speak with a former champion and human rights activist who says the u.s. should be targeting russia's oligarchs with sanctions, not the entire country. ♪ >> time for today's global outlook. putin's grip remains firm in ukraine and there is concerns the crimea will be separated from the rest of the country. the u.s. is bolstering defenses in the baltics, sending six warplanes yesterday and another dozen on the way. we are joined by the former adviser to the

and "newsweek" in the old slow days of the '50s was a really big thing. it was the only national conversation that the united states had. spool forward through 24-hour news examine whatever, it was its commitment to news that was its problem. now you can take the brand. it's a great brand. everyone knows it. but they're going to have to transform it completely in my estimation to make it a viability proposition. >> follow me on twitter. tweet met. i'm tweet you back. @bbcaaron. >> have a good weekend, aaron. >> push on. nice to see you there. stay with us here on "bbc world news". coming up in just a moment, these two women met last year. we're foggy to find out whether one has helped the other's dream come true. grab a canada dry ginger ale. real ginger. real taste. real ahhh when you feel bloated, discomfort, gas, not to mention the rumbling... you feel totally knocked out. eat activia. twice a day for four weeks. activia may reduce the frequency of minor digestive issues like bloating, gas, discomfort and rumbling. activia, feeling good starts from the

newsweek is standing by their story. he says he is an engineer. he could buy a very big train set with the money he has. >> you love this story. >> this is cutting-edge. bitcoin being used as a conduit for crime. it is edgy stuff. then he is back at home playing with his train set. is the way to find out whether he is the true founder. >> i want a picture of the train set. if it is really impressive -- >> it is a great story. >> who would have thought we would be talking about trains when it comes to bitcoin? >> another day here on "the pulse." that is it for "the pulse." "surveillance" is up next. coming upof coverage in little bit later. we will be continuing coverage on the ukraine heading into the weekend. that story is developing moment by moment. we will be back on monday. follow us on twitter. >> have a great weekend, everyone. happy jobs day. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." >> western leaders are moving forward together. tension is building in ukraine. let it go, let it go. that would be this morning's jobs report. good morning, e

newsweek story identified a 54-year-old -- of bitcoin. -- newsweek story identified a 15 year old -- 54-year-old resident asrican the cofounder is that he's denies it. >> i have nothing to do with it. i was an engineer doing something else. , is he or isn't he the inventor of bitcoin? , i got the sense it was a zoo down there yesterday. reportersan there are back here today. we have been here for several hours cory. he has not been seen yet. we rank his belt a couple of times. as you pointed out, he did take time yesterday in an extensive interview with the associated press to say he is not the guy was i he did not create the bitcoin. newsweek is standing by its story. his ownd can form opinion about where it is going to go. we have been asking neighbors if includingmr. nakamoto the woman who lives across the street. she said she has no clue if he is the creator and has not seen him too much walking around the property. she said it was more common for her to see his mother tending to their garden. >> you will not see bitcoins lying around the yard? any clues? >> no. there is a certai

"newsweek" stands by its story. >>> check out this waterfall. it spewed from a downtown san francisco high-rise this morning. officials say a sprinkler line ruptured around the tenth floor of the building at market and kearney around 9:30 this morning causing a downpour and soaking the streets below. the leak is secure. i'm sure insurance companies have been called. >> oh, yeah. >> what a messes. >>> by the way, i'm the creator of bitcoin. [ laughter ] >> just so you know. >> i knew it. i had my suspicions. [ laughter ] >> can you tell us what it is? >> i'm not quite sure! [ laughter ] >> but i made it. it's worth millions. > around the bay area today we are seeing a lot of sunshine outside now. just a few high clouds drifting overhead as high pressure builds in very nicely and setting the stage for at least a good start to the weekend. things going to change a bit as we head in toward sunday. overlooking san jose, we have some sunshine, temperatures starting to warm up nicely. 65 in concord. 65 in livermore. 61 in san francisco. and 64 in san j

"newsweek" is standing by its story. the world can form itsown opinion about where it is going to go. we have been asking neighbors if they know mr. nakamoto including the woman who lives across the street. she said she has no clue if he is the creator and has not seen him too much walking around the property. she said it was more common for her to see his mother tending to their garden. >> you will not see bitcoins lying around the yard? any clues? >> no. there is a certain fascination with this story and as the "newsweek" story came out because of the fact there's been so much secrecy surrounding who actually created bitcoin and the possibility it was a group of programmers and then all of a sudden the story suggests an individual living in this sleepy community. and there has also been in the suggestion that creator would've given the rise of bitcoin an enormous amount of wealth at their fingertips got everybody interested. you heard what he told the ap and will continue to say. we'll be sticking around to see if gas

"newsweek" says it stands by its story. the writer who came up with the story says i stand completely by my exchange with mr. nakamoto. there was no doubt our conversation and his acknowledgement of bitcoin. >> when somebody invents something it shapes the world to know who he is, where he came from, and his invention is natural. it's natural to me and i hope no one sees that as an act of hostility. >> that was dave bryan of our los angeles station kcbs. >>> now in recent months it's moved from the fringe and moved over as websites like overstock.com have moved to accept the new currency. >>> lawmakers in massachusetts have updated the law. they define updated photos as secret pictures violators could face charges or jail time. >> it's an assault on another person whether it's a child or an adult. it's an assault and women and children should be able to go to public place without feeling they are not protected by the law. so this will at least bring us up to speed. >> the new law was approved quickly after a controversial s

newsweek says it has cracked the case. thomas dra deny reporting on yd says it's a case of mistaken identity. >> can we ask you about bit coin? >> the so-called father of bit coin may have been outted by newsweek. in a front page story hitting stores today, the magazine claims this man is the crater of the digital currency valued at $7,000,000,000? >> i am not involved in bit coin. >> since its birth in 2009, the currency's creator has remained a mystery, a faceless person known only as nakamoto. thursday, outside this modest house in southern california, this man named dorian nakamoto told the throngs of reporters, they got the wrong man. >> "newsweek" said it is standing behind it's story that sparked a media frenzy and a backlash on social media. facebook and twitter were flooded with comments criticizing "newsweek" for possibly revealing someone who has fought to the remain so private or for potentially outing the wrong man. he specially at a time when bit coin is under close scrutiny due to some heavy losses in the ba

"newsweek" magazine hits the newsstand this friday for the first time in nearly two years. it's been available online. the famed weekly's new owners have tripled "newsweek's" web travgs so they decided to print $70,000 for 8 bucks each. now during its heyday "newsweek" had a circulation of more than 3 million. >>> and the thriller "nonstop" topped the box office hits this weekend. "nonstop" took in an estimated $30 million its first weekend out. "son of god" debuted closely behind with $26 million in sales. the "lego" movie which held a top spot for three consecutive weeks was third. anne-marie? >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, jill. >>> well, a new study could lead to breakthrough in treating type 2 diabetes. researchers discovered a rare mutation that could reduce the risk by two-thirds regardless of age or weight. the research is funded in part by pfizer. it is among the drug company's developing medicine that acts >>> straight ahead now, your monday morning weather. >>> and in sports, the jazz have a chance to take down the nba's top team. in

the interesting twist is -- i have to give the "newsweek" reporter a lot of credit. she did a lot of digging. some really good digging. records of naturalized citizens, naturalized residents in america, things like that, but the year before the bitcoin algorithm came out, this particular pearson published -- person published a paper before that describing some similar components. that is what gave the reporter or the inclination to look at him. this idea that he would be in the u.s. and not in tokyo, not overseas -- >> with the name -- >> hiding in plain sight. it is a brilliant strategy. >> you are the real jordan robertson. our real jon erlichman from los angeles, thank you for all the great work. remember, you can always get the latest headlines at the top of the hour on bloomberg radio and all the time at bloomberg.com/technology, your ipad, your phone, apple tv -- you name it -- you can find bloomberg there. you can find "bloomberg west" here tomorrow. ♪ . >> the following is a paid program. the opinions and views expressed do not reflect the views of bloomber

"newsweek" outed the creator of the mysterious virtual currency bitcoin. reporter dave bryan from our sister station in los angeles spoke with him. >> reporter: the man whom "newsweek" reports is the founder of bitcoin which is considered by many to be the high-tech currency of the future says "newsweek" got the story wrong. he is not the founder of bitcoin and in fact has nothing to do with bitcoin. >> i have nothing to do with bitcoin. i never worked for the company. i don't know any people there. i never had a contract there or anything like that. and i don't even -- i wasn't even aware of the product. >> reporter: do you think that your name became involved because you created sort of a code maybe or the concept? >> no. i never created a code. i never created a concept. i just believe that somebody -- it could have been designed this way to put my name in there [ non-english language ] is not that common name but it's not uncommon. >> reporter: in an interview outside his home in temple city he didn't deny in his engineering days he would have been cap

melissa: how embarrassing for "newsweek"? we're both reporters. if it is not this guy how embarrassing? >> it is very embarrassing. it is very embarrassing. what they will have to do now, they will have to go back and they're standing behind the story. which is fine. what they should do. melissa: they could be absolutely right. he could be totally denying it, yes. >> if he is him and doesn't want to be found, why would he now say, yeah you got me, it is me. seems kind of natural he would deny it. what they will have to do is go back and redouble their efforts. melissa: we have to go. paul, thanks so much. >> all right. >> love it. coming up spies are among us. corporate espionage is on the climb. billions of dollars on the line. you won't believe the food items they are targeting. i will give you a hint. part of your oreo. >>> watch your head. a federal judge throwing out a ban on drones could change the way pretty much we do everything. more "money" coming up. latte or au lait? sunny or bubbly? cozy or cool? "meow" or "woof"? wheels or wheeeels?

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>> the so-called father of bit coin may have been outed by newsweek. in a front page story, the magazine claims this man is the creator of the digital currency, valid at $7 billion. >> i'm not involved in bit coin. >> since the birth in 2009, the currency's creator has remained a mystery, a faceless person. thursday, outside this modest house in southern california, this man told the throngs of reporters camped there they got the wrong man. >> i don't know anything about bit coin. >> newsweek said it is standing behind its story, a story that sparked a backlash on social media. facebook and twitter were flooded with comments criticizing newsweek for possibly revealing someone who has fought to remain so private, or for potentially outing the wrong man, especially at a time when bit coin is under close scrutiny due to heavy losses. a bit coin exchange abruptly stopped trading last month. >> the main reason i'm here is to clear my name that i have nothing to do with bit coin, nothing to do with developing. >> in an interview with the associated press, he

if you think about how all of this and folded, this explosive newsweek story which reveals where mr. nakamoto is, the reporters made their way here and he eventually addressed the reporters. in some situations, when you have a situation like this, the person the story is about will make some comment. his comment was more about the idea of who's interested in giving me a free lunch. as a result, he ended up going with the associated press reporter and they drove away and all the reporters follow. this is getting tracked on social media and people got interested in the story because of that part of it. it has gotten that much more interesting now that we have him saying he is not the creator of bitcoin. >> the bitcoin users seem particularly fanatical like any early adopter might the. have they shown up as well? these people have staked so much of their lives on that coin so have they shown up to see the man himself? >> i would say no. these are mainly reporters here now. maybe we are just trying to get more details. you are right, there were people who were immediately, based on the n

. >> "newsweek "s cover story produce u.s. evidence not not conclusive proof that he was the founder. bitcoin knew that the designer went by his name. but most assumed it was a made-up name, not a real person. "newsweek" says it sands by the story. this ended with sushi, served courtesy of associate press. presumably lunch was paid for with real money. market that can be cruel to baby boomers. >>> and charter schools with the most powerful educatio players n education today. this is "real money." >> this is real money.

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well, there is a new lease of life for newsweek it seems. ibt media who took over the operation and turned it into an online magazine say they put out a print run of 70 thousand editions. they will hit the news stands on friday. at $7.90. they look like a luxury purchase. ibt says their readers want to see a hard copy of the magazine so look out for that. it makes a change to see a print edition coming back from the dead if that's what you'd describe the internet as. that's an interesting story, thomas. >> we like that. something tangible we can all hold there with the newsweek. explain apple making it easier for people to use the iphone in their cars. >> yeah, well, this is a great story because i know a lot of people whose life is lived on their mobile hand set. when they get in their car, they have to take a journey and effectively at that point you become detached from everything that's stored on your mobile device. well, apple says that is going to change. they are talking with a number of auto companies right now about getting this pow

"newsweek" reports that he is the mastermind behind bitcoin. the digital money is accepted by merchants all around the world, but the creator has been a mystery. in a moment, we'll talk to the "newsweek" author who says she tracked him down. but first, vinita nair shows us how the man is disputing her report. >> okay, no questions right now. i want to be left alone. >> reporter: 64-year-old dorian satoshi nakamoto emerged from his southern california home thursday and walked right into a media frenzy hours after "newsweek" magazine said he was the mystery man behind bitcoins. >> i'm not in bitcoin. >> but your address in bitcoin -- >> reporter: according to the article, nakamoto is a model train buff who lives in a modest single family home with his mother. when congranted about bitcoin, he said i am no longer involved in that, and i cannot discuss it. the article triggered a full-blown game of cat and mouse through the streets of los angeles, with the media tracking nakamoto's every move using the twister #bitcoinchase. he ended up at the bure

birds were granted a newsweek magazine says he is and run a story on thursday on my asking him as the inventor of the digital currency. when the story broke. dozens of reporters to see it's not hopeless cause in temple city california even see a marriage then drove off with the news agency reporter to get us to buy them lunch. it too darn interview was sushi not komodo denied having anything to do with declined saying he had never even had the currency until three weeks ago but still. on the same guy on the beam ball with that we like to find somebody who came up with this they know. it's most likely it's a fictitious name eight cohen has a digital currency. unlike conventional money that is bought and sold the peer to peer networks the central control advocates believe that will make noble financial transaction smoothies are as well as independent of pints and governments. but the recent collapse of one colts one of the largest decline exchanges and the torture of canadian decline in the next coin has shaken confidence in the digital currency opponents criticize it as a risky on regu

. >> dave, cheryl, according to "newsweek" the inventor is nakamato. elusive 64-year-old japanese american engineer who is worth $400 million but chooses to live in a modest home in southern california. he reported to create bitcoin in 2008 but tells "newsweek" he is no longer involved. we reached out to him but we have not heard back again. the reported discovery of bitcoin's behavior after apparent suicide first met at that ceo. the 28-year-old was found dead in her singapore apartment on february 28th. meanwhile the japanese government is setting regulations for bitcoin trading including transaction actions. this after mt. gox filed for bankruptcy losing half a billion dollars in bitcoins. speaking of regulation, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu weighed in on the bitcoin debate in an interview yesterday with liz claman. >> the question is, is electronic money, inevitable? probably. how will we manage it with the necessary controls you need to protect markets, governments, currency flows. that is not easily resolved. >> bit corn coin is trad

well, tonight "newsweek" is standing by a report that the magazine tracked him down in california and ben tracey is there. >> why are you involved in bitcoin? >> reporter: reporters chased satoshi nakamoto outside his california home. it was just hours after "newsweek" reported the 64-year- old retired engineer is the man who created bitcoin in 2009. nakamoto denies it. >> the main reason i'm here is to clear my name, that i have nothing to do with bitcoin, nothing to do with developing. i was just an engineer doing something else. >> reporter: bitcoin is digital money. you buy it with real currency on unregulated exchanges and then store it online in a so-called digital wallet. it exists only as computer code and can be instantly sent to another owner's online wallet anywhere in the world without going through a bank or paying taxes and fees. there are now nearly $8 billion worth of bitcoin in circulation. lindsey turrentine is with the technology web site cnet. >> bitcoin is very experimental. it's absolutely a new thing, and if you look at the bitcoin web site, you'll see that the

he says he is not, "newsweek" says he is. enthusiasts have sent him $28,000 in bitcoin. leah mcgrath goodman, the author of the "newsweek" piece, answers questions from tom keene and trish regan. >> we have to stop saying it is no big deal who did this. i am ok with being skeptical of certain details. i am ok with kicking the tires. i really do think there is more to this. i am really happy that other journalists want to look at this. >> this is not as much about bitcoin as much as it is about poynter or any other journalism institute. your story is based on forensic research. not evidence or a first-order condition that so and so did whatever they did. >> i do not consider it a lack of evidence. >> what is the evidence that this guy -- >> you are saying? >> answer the question for the world. what is the evidence this guy is who he is? >> you are saying there is no evidence? >> i am asking you what the evidence is. >> i presented the evidence in the story, and i stand by it. if people say it is not compelling, fine. but we would not be sitting here if people do not find

"newsweek" says it's standing by its story. hm. >> a mystery. >> crazy. >>> the labor department is just out with some new numbers that will probably drive the market today. jill wagner of cbsmoneywatch.comjoins us. >> reporter: good morning. we just got the monthly jobs report numbers. the economy added 175,000 jobs in february. that is more jobs than expected but the unemployment rate also ticked up to 6.7%. this comes after two months of disappointing jobs numbers mostly blamed on bad weather. right now futures are pointing to a positive open for the market. >>> well, facebook is going back to its roots. the social network rolled up an up dated design for its newsfeed. so now the desktop newsfeed looks like your mobile newsfeed. the updated design has the best of both worlds like bigger photos and images but say it's easer in to navigate. >>> and the winner is louisiana. a new report by film l.a. says the bayou state beat out hollywood as the top destination for the $7 billion movie industry. this year's oscar winning film "

"newsweek" says yes, it is but the man in the video says no, not me. nothing to do with. we have both sides. >> live to mountain view and coupons.com, a party going on in there as the company begins to trade its public shares last night. we have not stine a trade yet. 16 bucks is where we start. we'll keep an eye on it coming up. >>> southern california man who "newsweek" claims is the creator of bitcoin claims he never heard about the currency until the magazine started asking his family about it a couple weeks ago. the 64-year-old says many of the details in "newsweek's" cover story are correct but not that he is the creator. the creator has remained a mystery since its birth in 2009. >> a japanese composer made a public apology since it was revealed he used a ghost writer more than a decade. once lauded as japan's beethoven he acknowledged he is not completely deaf. during a news conference in tokyo he apologized for the scandal and to anyone who bought his music and went to his concerts. this comes after a tabloid magazine revealed his secret collaborator of 18 years.

"newsweek" recovering the identity of the founder. >> "newsweek" claimed the creator was a 64-year-old japanese-american guy living in california, but his identity does remain fairly unconfirmed at this stage. he does seem to be denying his role in bitcoin, but sort of has contradicted himself in other ways, so it's a bit of a mystery still and also questions about the "newsweek" reporter outing of someone who expressed desire to remain anonymous. anonymity is what attracts people to bitcoin and apparently nak moto followed up saying he never heard of bitcoin until his son told him he'd been contacted by a reporter three weeks ago. a side note, bitcoin enthusiasts and investors, the winklevoss twins have used bitcoin to book a flight into space. >> i said this morning if i can go into space with winklevoss, i don't care if i burn up on reenter. it would be worth it to me. i don't even know what that means. cnbc's mandy drury. >> i'm sure you're not the only one, chris. >> we'll be right back. in europe. someone stole her identity and opened some credit cards in her name. checking her e

. >> that was a newsweek reporter. she may not be happy. nakumoto, the california engineer that she identified as the creator bitcoin is not. he has a lawyer. he said he did not the -- create or invent bitcoin. he denies the report. this report was something. i talked to her. you work on that day. one of the things that i found amazing was that she went to him and said, are you responsible for this? he said, i don't have anything to do with that anymore. how do you take this term or the sentence "i don't have anything to do with this anymore" and turned it into yes, this is the guy. >> leaving that aside for a moment, he's doing -- suing. he that he is not able to hold down a job for 10 years. in this lawsuit, part of what you say is that -- what he is saying is that this is preventing him from getting a job. this is the least of his problems. >> newsweek written a story that was so clearly wrong, so clearly full of holes. he does not make sense for a journalistic outlet to publish it. >> if he has not been able to afford internet access, w

home of the man "newsweek" says is the inventor of bitcoin. he is a 64-year-old software developer who lives in temple city, california, east of los angeles. he reportedly admitted to developing the controversial currency to "newsweek." today, if you take a look at the media scrum outside his home, he denied being involved with bitcoin. but he was being swarmed by reporters as he was doing so. >> who is it? >> this is harriet. i'm here with cnbc. we wanted to ask you a couple of quick questions. >> i don't know who cnb is. >> here with a new station, cnbc, part of nbc. we wanted to ask you a couple of quick questions. >> i'm sorry. not interested. >> are you the founder of bitcoin? >> i'm sorry. i'm not interested. >> afterç denying it to our harriet taylor, he denied it again when he stepped outside and was surrounded. "newsweek's" report claims that he's been private about his career. as with the controversy surrounding bitcoin itself, the report is now raising questions because it is based on circumstantial evidence. meantime, tonight, la

second dumbest after the newsweek cover. >> look. the point is, yes. until everybody is familiar with longin there is still a road ahead for where things are going. despite the fact that technically there are places around the globe. there have been stories on this where you can pay for a burger with the coin. in santa monica there is a place where you can pay for flowers with bitcoin. you should get a ticket to spain. there is stuff you can buy. your point is very well taken. currency atent that. it is at its very beginnings of digital currency. >> yes. him is tiedion with to it this is something that is going to continue to take off in the way it has, people like to know about the people behind something. the creators of things. we see it in hollywood all the time. the fascination with people like steve jobs because of that -- how that changes the way we live. >> look. here you are knocking on his door. it does not look like a massive mansion. if you were, he would have at least half $1 billion worth of bitcoin. it is fascinating because he would hav

. >> reporter: "newsweek" cover story presents evidence but no conclusive prove that nakamoto is the bitcoin founder. most assumed that the inventor used a made up name, not a real person. "newsweek" stands by its story. >> okay, where is my lunch ticket. >> reporter: presumably lunch was paid for with real money. al jazeera, los angeles. >> well, it's international women's day, and the focus is to reduce poverty and improving health. we have reports on some of the event from around the world. >> reporter: going for a record in the philippines, more than 10,000 people turned up to support equality for women. they're hoping to make it into the guinness world record book. the participation of men was crucial to the stunt. it also helped highlight the fact that philippines was ranked fifth more gender equal country in the world according to a world economic report. >> one of the things that we're doing which we say where we're going out to recruit men to participate actively in promoting the emancipation of women, women's rights as well as women's empowerment. >> reporter: afghanistan i

"newsweek" magazine, a prominent brand name in the news business for many decades is going back into print after disappearing last year. the company's parent company, ibt media, said it will position itself as a high-end product with high-end journalism. a high price tag. it will cost nearly 8 bucks a copy in the united states. annual subscription including paper and unlimited access to its website will cost around $150 in the united states. some five times more than the cost for "time." a turbulent few years for the magazine. they slip to $1.5 million by 2010. follow me on twitter. you can tweet me @bbcaaron. more on "gmt" coming up very soon. >> remember when "newsweek" was sold off for a dollar. >> pittance. interesting to see if they can make some money. that's the key. >> indeed. do casinos have a duty to turn away pate trons who are too drunk to know what they are doing? january 30th mark john ton played for 17 straight hours. he was loaned hundreds of thousands of dollars by the casino. later he woke up in his hotel room with no memory of events and half a million dollars late

you have newsweek standing by their story. argument convincing when he spoke to the ap. >> they are raising money for him and support. it are they -- what are they raising money for? >> we are getting the sense that there is a feeling of 70 toward him. feeling of 70 toward him. let us figure out if this is something who is the creator of bitcoin. he is saying he is not. his life is being disrupted a little bit. we have a few chapters to go in this story. you have newsweek who is standing by its side. he probably does not want to say anymore. he spent two hours with the associated press to but his story on the table. pieces ofpersonal information about him that are correct, but he says he is not the guy. his fundamental argument as to why he is not the father a bitcoin? >> there are a few factors. one is that he is saying he had other jobs at the time when it coin was being created. rests on thetory comment that he had through his front door with the ap reporter. he hascally said that moved on and he is not talking about that a

there is confusion over this newsweek cover story just out about who created the digital currency. newsweek's as they found the man behind the birth of bitcoin and he is dorian apprentice, saying he is not the creator. he is denying this. the 64-year-old denies he wrote the computer code for bitcoin and he says he hadn't heard of it until three weeks ago when his son apparently about it. the price of bitcoin $630 according to the popular exchange bitcamp and that is down 6% from today's open and we should mention this currency is above $1,000. very volatile so we want to put that in perspective. moments ago we learned consumer credit jumped 5.3% in january. this number indicates how many americans are taking on more debt. is interesting to note that revolving credit, credit cards, fell, non revolving debt like mortgages, car loans jumped 7.5%. as we look at market reaction, pretty flat. we lost a little air with the dow jones industrials, up 16, 10, nothing to write home about. nonetheless it is the fifth anniversary of the market drop, the worst point in the market, march 9th of 2

is it just two separate world and "newsweek" got it wrong? superficially exciting with easy connections to make and they made the mistake everyone makes which is -- which is to jump to conclusions, and i think it is almost certainly wrong. >> paul joining us as a bloomberg contributor. >> coming up, we will talk about one my favorite things. copper is at a 44 month low. we will talk about why. we will be right back. ♪ >> this is important. coming up tomorrow on "bloomberg whoeillance," a woman parachuted from schroders to the small up were in pimco, we will speak to her tomorrow from pimco, on fixed income and particularly the equity markets. i'm tom keene did with me, alix steel and adam johnson. scarlet fu is deep into her brackets. paul sweeney joins us from bloomberg industries as well. right now, alix steel has corporate news. >> alibaba is coming to the u.s. for its ipo. the move comes after the company failed to win approval from chinese regulators over its proposed governance structure. i lead by the is valued by some by as much as

we got to the end of this additional newsweek's off a ship when the doc next week with more new is real is an analysis of the sub continent. the night keep writing into a sack in wmc out in my inbox call this is one of us in signing off on behalf of the entire production team off easy thought they should. i mean i like it i'm quite sure it's all probably older than my eyelids the twins speaking of tonight cypress summit of the economist titled cyprus on the mend and open discussion with government. the trio cut business and it was him sydney costs us to see aiden said the country is passing to one of the most critical time periods in its modern history he blamed several factors including the violent restructuring of the banking sector. the negative external environment and on balance finances and negative economic growth in the country. president monson see ideas and forty delegates about implementing prudent fiscal policies. introducing called structural changes to turn the current crisis into an opportunity. i am telling you about the director adam dunn and charts to take care of the

this was a real busy "newsweek." the missing malaysian flight, unrest in an upcoming referendum in crimea and smack between the senate and cia. among the headlines there was only one to cause our 26-year-old daughter to e-mail me with a subcheck line marked, have you seen this? what she wanted to make sure i had seen was the president's interview on "between two ferns" at the website funny or die. >> have you heard of the affordable care act? >> i heard about that. that's the thing that doesn't work. how do you get the guy that created it to make your website? >> healthcare.gov works great now. >> the president's appearance was part of the final push for healthcare.gov as we approach the march 31st deadline for 2014 enrollees. this, too, became a matter of controversy with some questioning whether the appearance was beneath the dignity of the office. such concerns are nothing new. richard nixon faced them after appearing on "laugh in" and richard clinton for playing sacks on arsenio hall. abe lincoln would never have

the southern california man who "newsweek" claims is the creator of bitcoin claims he had not heard about the currency until the magazine started asking his family. the man says many of the details in "newsweek's" cover story are correct, but says he's not the guy behind bitcoin. the creator of bitcoin has remained a mystery since bitcoin's birth in 2009. >> in about 15 minutes the department of labor will release unemployment figures for february. for the rest of that and the news before the bell we'll turn to seema mody live at cnbc world head quarpters. good morning. >> that's right. traders awaiting the jobs report out before the opening bell. traders setting the bar low as they expect hiring was again impacted by winter weather last month. forecast calls for companies to have added 152,000 jobs last month and unemployment to tick down to 6.5% in terms of how we ended yesterday the dow in the green t nasdaq slipping by 5, companies underperforming yesterday. americans household wealth jumped $10 trillion. that's due to booming stock market and rising home values. household wealth meas

. >>> bitcoin, he's found "newsweek" tracked him down, a new arbel out today. the man feech efeatured in that article. john what do you have? >> harriet taylor went to track him down in temple city, california. population 36,000. that's just east of los angeles, just past pasadena. tried to speak with him this morning. here's what happened. >> who is it? >> reporter: hi. this is harriet. i'm here with cnbc. we wanted to ask you a couple quick questions. >> i don't know who cnbc is. >> reporter: here with a news station, cnbc, part of nbc. we wanted to ask you a couple of quick questions. >> i'm sorry. i'm not interested. >> reporter: are you the founder of bitcoin? >> i'm sorry. i'm not interested. >> a neighbor told our producers a japanese man does live in the house but has had little interaction with him other than occasionally waving when he passes the house. there's been a range of reactions to the "newsweek" piece, which seems to be an unmasking of bitcoin's father. lots of criticism for revealing his full name, license plate number and family members. a

and "newsweek" released a story claiming the creator is 64-year-old dorian nakamato. but he denies he has anything to do with the currency. he said he never even heard of bit coin until three weeks ago. he acknowledged many of the details in the article are correct about him, but he disputes that he's the man behind bit coin. >>> the google barge has a new home tonight. it had been docked at treasure island. in fact, it had been there for months. today, it traveled to the port of stockton. the company says all the attention the barge got prompted them to move it to stockton. they plan on keeping the barge there for at least six months. it's going to be turned into a floating technology center but it's not giving lot of details of what that means. >>> up next, they're calling it the best sharks game of the season. >>> i was nudging jessica throughout the evening, telling her to watch this game. >> it was more like screaming. >> it would have been worth it. >> i know. >> sharks and penguins on the ice, two of the best in the nhl. as far as regular season action goes, th

fascinating article by "newsweek," and it sparked a car chase, a car chase in l.a. "new day" starts now. >>> the proposed referendum ones future of crimea would violate international law. >> one on one, president obama and vladimir putin facing off in an hour-long phone call. the u.s. plans for sanctions against russia. we are live in all the key spots this morning. >> breaking this morning. oscar pistorius' ex-girlfriend takes the stand testifying how he cheated on her with reeva steenkamp. >>> super market sweep. joining albertson's. the question, is your favorite store about to change. your "new day" starts right now. >>> good morning. welcome to "new day." it is friday, march 7th, 6:00 in the east. obama and putin are talking. but the question is, are they talking to each other or past each other. an hour-long phone call, but putin says ukrainians need the help from russia. both sides say this is not about military action. but the mystery men in green continue to move. now, an american warship is headed to the region. >> it will perform exercises in the black se

"newsweek" says it sands by the story. this ended with sushi, served courtesy of associate press. presumably lunch was paid for with real money. market that can be cruel to baby boomers. >>> and charter schools with the most powerful educatio players n education today. this is "real money." >> this is real money. welcome to "real money with ali velshi." tensions in ukraine continue to escalate. today the state owned gas production company that provides ukraine with crucial natural gas threatened to cut ukraine off from its pipeline. it says it's owed $1.9 billion for past deliveries, and they said we cannot deliver gas for free. no one thinks the timing of this is coincidental, by the way. ukraine's finances are in disarray. the interim government that seized power last week in kiev, ukraine's capitol, is teetering dangerously close to financial default. there is a real history of this stuff. in 2009 russia shut off ukraine's gas for two weeks over a dispute over payments. that just worsened an already ailing ukrainian economy. the gas cuts helped sink output by 25%. remember, it'

according to in-depth reporting done by newsweek, even nakamoto's family didn't know of his connection to bitcoin. that mysterious google-owned barge that's been parked in the san francisco bay has found a new home. the four story vessel is on its way to stockton, california. google never explained why the barge was in san fran or what it would do there. parked without a permit in san franciso's bay since last fall the city demanded the barge set sail. google says the ship had grown weary of all the attention and was looking for a break. it's every bacon lover's dream. waking up to the sound... and smell ...of freshly cooked bacon. oscar mayer wants to make it a reality. it's developing an iphone device that would emit the smell of bacon, and sync with your alarm clock. a former goldman sachs executive who was convicted of 6 counts of securities fraud-- is going back to school. fabrice tour. a-k-a fabulous fab reportedly will fulfill the teaching requirements for his phd at the university of chicago. the former bond trader will teach grad students. he was found guilty of intentionally

newsweek returns to newsstands after being online only since 2012. the cover piece revealed the unconfirmed identity of bitcoin as we talked about. publishers are hoping the die heard readers will cough up $7.99 per issue. >>> alexander graham bell patented the telephone. won't buy a telephone either, probably, bill karins. he finally got it to work. it would gain worldwide attention in philadelphia. >>> don't forget to change your clocks for daylight saving time. i'm richard lui with bill karin. thank you for watching "early today." have a super weekend ahead. >>> it was scary. fire, fire, then all of a sudden i see the top of the roof. it was terrible and the people jumped out the window. >> a 3-year-old boy thrown out of a second story window to escape flames in the east bay. good morning to you. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm peggy bunker. laura garcia-cannon has the morning off. fire broke out at a hayward apartment complex on seventh and c streets. >> christie smith is near the scene. christie, how is the boy? >> reporter: you know, amazingly he was

newsweek stands by their story. the woman who uncovered it says, i confronted him before the publication and he said, i am no longer involved in that. i have been turning it over to other people. says it was misinterpreted. >> he says there was confusion. here is his denial. >> the reason i am here is to clear my name. i have nothing to do with bitcoin. nothing to do with developing. i was just an engineer doing some analysis. -- something else. >> why would you use your same surname? this is what many of their critics have said. >> big cynicism, particularly those who love the coin. -- bitcoin. they say this is a gross breach of his privacy. says, if nakamoto wanted to be anonymous, he tried. he did everything he could to stay anonymous. why would he use his real name for the paper? >> the only way we would know who he is is through digital signatures. he has put a unique encryption key that could say who he is. wortharently owns coins $600 million. not necessarily this man. -- 70% hasre saying been rewritten from

taking on the "new yorker," "vanity fair," "newsweek," and the daily beast. she is now bringing her women in the world event to the global stage. >> i kept meeting incredible women from africa, asia, india and i thought they were rock stars. why are they being heard more? they are doing wonderful things and our superpowers. i decided to start this summit. we did a little summit in manhattan, 300 women. the great women got on board, hillary clinton, meryl streep. >> angelina jolie. >> christine lagarde. they all came on board and kept coming back every year. it took off like a rocket, we are now 2500 people at the lincoln center. last year we had 44 million twitter impressions. we had 600 thousand live streams. it seems people are very engaged with the business of getting to know women who you have never heard of before. as well as women who are major names. >> is that how you measure success? what your social media imprint is? or is it the bottom line? >> the bottom line is healthy. we are finding sponsors that are very enthusiastic. we have a fantastic partn