Bernanke on Economic Challenges, Pt. 2

CNBC's Trish Regan sits in for Maria Bartiromo to discuss the day's top business and financial stories, and look ahead to Friday's Closing Bell.

CNBC's Mary Thompson reports on the trading day from the NYSE.

During the slowdown innovation companies struggled to raise financing to get off the ground. But now is the time to invest in new technologies, according to UK Innovation Investment Fund. Lord Drayson, UK Science & Innovation Minister, discusses the creation of the 15-year £1 billion fund aided by the UK government.

Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, begun with expanded hours and deep discounts on everything to lure shoppers. "The quality of the sales is going to be a lot better," Rahul Sharma from Martin Currie said. "It will be a very profitable holiday."