While the old guard is certainly not stepping out of the spotlight, there are a lot of up-and-comers eager to take their place.

Television now serves as home to programming as ambitious as anything Peter Jackson can put on the screen, with the budgets to prove it. What are some of the most expensive television productions of all time? Read ahead to find out.

Is there a city that is crime and pollution free with excellent transportation and great schools? Find out where the best quality of life is.

CNBC.com lists the best cheerleading squads of 2013, with rankings provided by former Atlanta Falcons cheerleader Michele Crawford-Carnegie. Read ahead to see what she chose.

Decadence doesn't come cheap. And for whatever the reason, these liquors command prices you wouldn't believe.

What areas have residents who are the best prepared for retirement? The Ameriprise Financial planning company put together the New Retirement Mindscape City Pulse index. Here they are, ranked by the confidence level of residents.

What are the least stressful jobs? Here is CareerCast.com's list for 2013. Click ahead to see if yours is on the list.

From the collapse of a global power to a surge in a stock price, several boom to bust observations have been made this year. Here is our list of eight.

The year’s most expensive homes on the market are not necessarily massive; some are spacious New York penthouses without enough square footage to even qualify as a mansion. See them all, starting from $60 million on up.

As the end of the holiday shopping season quickly approaches, procrastinators may be scrambling for gift ideas that don't scream 'I bought this an hour ago.' We found 13 gift ideas that may save the day.

In the past, the wealthy employed a butler, cook, driver and more. Now, there are personal services that were never even dreamed of. Here are some for the contemporary one percent.

December 21, 2012 -- the end date in the ancient Mayan calendar. Will it bring the Apocalypse? See some of the most notorious prophets and doomsday groups in history.

Looking for a second career--or a new one? Here are six jobs to ride America's "age wave."

Following are the stocks that will be on Cramer's radar – if we go over the cliff. He says these stocks are just too darn attractive to let slide buy.

Industry heavyweights -- in finance, technology, real estate, media -- weigh in on the one issue, innovation or event they think will change the world in 2013.

According to the FBI, burglaries accounted for approximately $4.8 billion in lost property in the U.S. in 2011. Read ahead to see the 10 cities with the most burglaries.

For concierges, it's ordinary to do the extraordinary, as the following examples show.

The renewed interest in Hobbits might make 2013 a busy year for The Hobbit House of Montana, a custom guest house built into the sloping ground on a 20-acre shire.

Here, a top 10 list of the least expensive cities in the U.S.

Victoria’s Secret angels strut down the runway in a televised special tonight.