CNBC, the "Consumer News and Business Channel" (its official name until 1991) is a group of cable and satellite television business news channels from the U.S., owned and operated by NBC Universal. CNBC and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers around the world. The network is currently ranked as the 19th most valuable cable channel in the U.S., worth roughly $4 billion.

So this year the Business of Innovation is deconstructing the issues and challenges facing organisations on the path to innovation. In a series of 5 one-hour programmes CNBC, the worldwide leader in business news will turn innovation from boardroom theory to business reality.

Award-winning journalist Maria Bartiromo and a global newsgathering team, alongside well known current and former CEOs and a wealth of experts will explore a diverse range of topics and provide solutions to the question of innovation. This compelling series will demonstrate how to side step the pitfalls and supply real tools and concrete strategies for viewers seeking to innovate in their own organizations.

Donny Deutsch and soem of the worlds top business minds reveale the secrets you NOW! Discover how to use collaboration as a tool for success. CNBC presents a 360 view of how to collaborate and compete in an ever-demanding global environment.

Hosted by CNBC's Melissa Lee and sponsored by thinkorswim (Nasdaq: SWIM), a leader in investor education and options trades, CNBC's "Options Action," is a fast-paced, weekly half-hour roundtable discussion featuring four prominent options traders who will explain the advantages of options trading and demonstrate the strategy using the news of the week. Fresh from the trading desks, the "Options Action" traders will not only offer the latest fundamental analysis of individual stocks, but also teach viewers how to employ the right option strategies to potentially limit risk and increase investment rewards.

CNBC's "Options Action" will offer viewers a unique glimpse into how the smart money is taking advantage of the unprecedented market volatility. With the help of some of the top option traders from Wall Street's most prestigious firms, "Options Action" will demystify a fast-growing but crucial corner of the capital markets.

The worse economin downturn since the Great Depression has made the American a tax payer an owner in some of the most storied companies in the United States, and in the process, given the government unprecedented influences in the free market system.

CNBC "Meeting Of The Minds: The Future Of Capitalism" assembles some of the country's most influential leaders to explore and make sense of this new reality.