Warren Buffett has endorsed JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon to succeed Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary.

During an appearance on Charlie Rose's TV interview program, Buffett said Dimon would be "terrific" and the "best person you could have in the job" if the U.S. ran into problems with its financial markets.

Warren Buffett says he supports President Barack Obama's efforts to eliminate the Bush-era tax cuts for wealthy Americans, but he disagrees on where to draw the line.

In an op-ed piece in The New York Times on Monday, the Berkshire Hathaway CEO writes that the cutoff should be "maybe $500,000 or so."

Obama has insisted that the cuts be extended only for families with less than $250,000 in annual income.

Republicans argue that tax rates should stay lower for everyone to promote economic growth.

It's a key issue in the ongoing negotiations over the looming "fiscal cliff."

Warren Buffett loves his job. If you ask him, he'll tell you he "tap dances to work" every morning. And he's happy to tell you how you can do it too.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has eliminated almost all of its stakes in Johnson & Johnson and General Electric.

With an estimated fortune of $46 billion, Warren Buffett can buy pretty much anything he wants. Unlike many of his fellow billionaires, however, the country's second-richest man has no interest in expensive symbols of wealth.

He told CNBC and Yahoo Finance's "Off the Cuff" that he's "never had any great desire to have multiple houses and all kinds of things and multiple cars." (See the video here.)

Buffett, who famously still lives in the modest Omaha house he bought for $31,500 in 1958 and drives a Cadillac he bought "about 6 or 7" years ago, said his idea of a perfect day involves being alone with no interruptions so he can read and think.

It isn't a big-game elephant, but Warren Buffett has captured a smaller "party" prize.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced today it has acquired privately-held Oriental Trading, based in Buffett's home town of Omaha, Nebraska.

Warren Buffett appeared live on CNBC's Squawk Box for a two-hour interview with Becky Quick. During their conversation, Buffett said there's "no question" the global economy is slowing and he's "salivating" for Berkshire Hathaway to make a "big acquisition."

He also offered some timeless advice on investing in stocks.

In addition, they covered many other topics, including the "fiscal cliff," adding to Berkshire's Wells Fargo stake, and his prostate cancer treatments this summer.

Here's a transcript of their complete conversation, along with video clips.

The transcript is also available as a PDF for downloading.

Warren Buffett always says that he's ready to buy a good company at a good price at any time.

In his 2011 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Buffett got some headlines when he wrote, "We will need both good performance from our current businesses and more major acquisitions. We're prepared. Our elephant gun has been reloaded, and my trigger finger is itchy."

At that time, Berkshire had $38 billion in cash. Today it has $40 billion in ammunition.

During his interview with Becky Quick on CNBC's Squawk Box today, Buffett again expressed interest in using some of that money to make a big deal.

Here's what he told us:

Warren Buffett has some timeless advice for investors that he can't repeat too many times.

At the end of his live, two-hour appearance with Becky Quick on CNBC's "Squawk Box" this morning, she gave the Berkshire Hathaway CEO a chance to do a free association reaction to a single word: "buy."

Here's his response:

Warren Buffett tells CNBC there's "no question" the global economy is slowing, but the U.S. is "inching ahead" and doing better than Europe.

He also sees a turn for residential housing in the U.S., and as it improves, Berkshire Hathaway's housing-related companies will benefit. "We're selling a lot of furniture and carpet" right now, he said Wednesday on "Squawk Box."