Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. Before joining the business and finance vertical, she worked at "60 Minutes," CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program.

Most Canadians are skipping meals at restaurants, a new report by Restaurants Canada released Monday shows. Three in four Canadians (75 per cent) are eating out less often due to the rising cost of ...

It now costs $5 million over a lifetime to fund eight key components of the American dream, including homeownership and raising children, according to a new analysis from Investopedia. Everyone’s ...

Companies will be discouraged to hire H-1Bs if they have to pay $100,000 fee. In a major overhaul of the H-1B program, US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to add $100,000 ...

Over the past few months, there have been rumors about a more affordable MacBook powered by an iPhone processor launching in late 2025 or early 2026. However, it is not entirely clear yet whether the ...

One thing that's evident about President Donald Trump's proposal for the Golden Dome missile defense shield is that designing, deploying, and sustaining it will cost a lot of money, at least several ...

The cost of putting California’s partisan redistricting ballot measure before voters this fall is expected to run the state $282.6 million, eclipsing the final bill of the last statewide special ...

Apple is set to unveil the iPhone 17 lineup at its Cupertino headquarters, but the most consequential factor for consumers may be the potential price hike stemming from President Donald Trump's tariff ...

Employers are anticipating healthcare costs to increase substantially in 2026. A new Mercer study adds evidence to this projection, predicting that health benefit costs per employee will rise by an ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is refusing to disclose the costs of using a fuzzy “Frankie Focus” mascot unveiled last week to promote the “bell to bell” school cellphone ban, a “Sesame Street”-type character that ...

The American Dream has long symbolized the promise of opportunity, prosperity, and upward mobility. Coined in 1931 by writer James Truslow Adams in The Epic of America, the term described "that dream ...