Warren Buffett and Bill Gates will be the 'Big Men on Campus' next month when they go to Columbia Business School to answer questions from the "next generation of business leaders" .. and CNBC's cameras will be there.  We've just announced that a one-hour special town hall event, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great, will air Thursday, November 12 at 9p and 12a ET.   Read More

The price of lunch with Warren Buffett has gone down since last year but it's still not cheap.  Tonight (Friday), this year's charity eBay auction ended at $1,680,300. The winner wants to be anonymous.  That's 20 percent below last year's record $2.1 million but 2-1/2 times the previous year's price.    Read More

Bidding for next year's charity lunch with Warren Buffett has accelerated as the auction goes into its final day.   The high bid stands at $456,789 with less than 10 hours remaining until the eBay auction closes at 10p ET tonight (Friday.)  There's still a long way to go, however, to top last year's record $2.1 million tab.   Read More

Warren Buffett's latest assessment of the U.S. economy will be a prime topic of conversation later this morning when he appears live on CNBC television.  Buffett is scheduled to be interviewed by Squawk Box co-anchor Becky Quick at 11:45a ET, just before he hosts a charity lunch at New York's Smith & Wollensky steakhouse.    Read More

Bidding is now underway for an opportunity to have lunch with Warren Buffett.  Last year, the winner paid $2.1 million.  This year may be another story.   Read More

Lunch with Warren Buffett doesn't come cheap.  Bidding on eBay for this year's "Power Lunch with Warren Buffett" begins this coming Sunday, June 21 at 10p ET.  If you want to get into the action, be prepared. Last year, the lunch sold for $2.1 million.    Read More

A pair of cowboy boots signed by Warren Buffett has sold for $2700 at a Nebraska charity auction.  That's $600 more than the $2100 high bid for boots signed by Buffett's friend and friendly competitor, Bill Gates.    Read More

Warren Buffett and his friend Bill Gates reportedly joined with David Rockefeller Sr. to invite a group of the world's richest people to gather in one room earlier this month.  The agenda wasn't world domination. It was making philanthropy more effective.  Among the other well-known, and very wealthy names, attending the meeting on May 5 in New York City: Michael Bloomberg, Peter Peterson, George Soros, Ted Turner, and Oprah Winfrey.    Read More