This is an online video of the complete CNBC Town Hall Event Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great, hosted by Becky Quick, as aired on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

When President Obama visits China for the first time on Sunday, he will, in many ways, be assuming the role of profligate spender coming to pay his respects to his banker, the New York Times reports.

The market will be challenged by plenty of economic news in the coming week, as investors look for signs the recovery is taking hold. But the market could trend higher as investors rotate into higher quality names.

A federal appeals panel has rejected the efforts of the court-appointed receiver in the Stanford Financial scandal to recover millions of dollars from hundreds of Stanford investors who got their funds out before the alleged Ponzi scheme collapsed.

U.S. stocks rallied for the second straight week, with all three major U.S. indices reaching a new intraday high for 2009 on Wednesday.

Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson's firm took a stake in the bank, while cutting holdings in Bank of America and its interest in Goldman Sachs, according to a regulatory filing on Friday.

The recent bounce in the U.S. dollar has gotten some investors to worry about the next move. David Kelly, chief market strategist at JPMorgan Funds and Steven Stahler, president of Stahler Investment Group shared their market outlooks.

The stock market clawed higher on Friday while the dollar moved lower and gold prices continued to rise. What should investors expect from the markets going forward? James Shelton, CIO of Kanaly Trust, and Joe Heider, president of Dawson Wealth Management, shared their market outlooks.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lashed out at an agreement for American troops to use more Colombian military bases on Friday, accusing the U.S. of aiming to start a conflict and urging his military to be prepared.

What follows is a roundup of corporate earnings reports for Monday,  Nov. 16.

Stocks advanced Friday as Disney's earnings beat and JCPenney's outlook helped offset worries about a drop in consumer sentiment. For the week, the Dow gained 2.5 percent, finishing at its highest level since Oct. 2008.

There are 3 reasons I believe this week’s trader temperature is risk averse.

With a crucial holiday approaching for video game makers, Reggie Fils-Aime, President and COO of Nintendo America, said he expects the close release dates of big-name titles "Call of Duty" and "Super Mario Bros. Wii," out Sunday, to revive the industry from its sales lag.

While the White House and Treasury were tinkering at the edges of reforming the financial system and paying lip service to Paul Volcker and others who urged a serious overhaul, Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut was assembling financial regulation that goes a long way towards really tackling the excesses which led to last year’s crisis.

Consumers should have more left in their wallet when they finish shopping for their Thanksgiving feast this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual price survey.

The White House  Friday pushed back against a proposal in the U.S. Senate to create a single bank super-regulator and strip the Federal Reserve of its supervisory powers.

Next week, more from retailers. October Retail sales on Monday, along with more retail earnings from companies like Saks and Target.

The percentage of homes bought in the United States by first-time buyer will rise significantly this year, helped by a popular $8,000 tax credit, the National Association of Realtors predicted Friday.

Those who catch the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight this weekend might be surprised by the presence of one of the fight’s sponsors. It’s a HISTORY reality show called "Pawn Stars," which has bought its way into the bout.

I knew it was coming, but I guess I was hoping it wouldn't be quite so tunnel-visioned. The Realtor's chief economist, Lawrence Yun, released his Housing and Economic Forecast this afternoon. The extension and expansion of the first time home buyer tax credit was the lead, as expected, with Yun claiming it would bring not only home sales but home prices back out of the basement in 2010.