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Merck & Co. is in advanced talks to acquire Acceleron Pharma Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that would bolster the pharmaceutical giant’s rare-disease business.

On Fox Business' "How America Works", Mike Rowe explains how Cameron Energy brings in 500,000 gallons of new oil every year – and how they speculate on a brand new $100,000 well in which they utilized the notable process of fracking.

Junior bankers at boutique firm Lazard are now the highest paid on Wall Street, after Lazard raised salaries for all associates by $50,000, according to a report.

Senate Republicans blocked a Democrat-backed bill to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling on Monday in an expected move that will leave Democratic leaders with just a few days to avert a government shutdown and potential default on U.S. debt obligations.

The Federal Reserve announced Monday that Dallas Fed chief Robert Kaplan will soon retire, just hours after Boston Fed president Eric Rosengren said he would be retiring at the end of the month.

The owners of a family-run oil business warned they “won’t survive” like the bigger “faceless” corporations amid a push from the Biden administration for more oil and gas regulations.

64 House Democrats pressed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to address the federal debt limit, arguing in a letter Monday that Republican opposition could cripple the U.S. economy.

U.S. stock indexes were mixed Monday as a critical week kicked off on Capitol Hill.

After hovering for years near $1 per pound, coffee futures — the price large-volume buyers agree to pay for coffee upon delivery months down the road — doubled in late July, reaching heights not seen since 2014. Though prices have eased a bit, they remain elevated at about $1.90 per pound.

A new analysis done by Senate Republicans shows President Biden's tax plan would bring the "largest single year tax hike" since 1966.

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas slammed President Biden’s economic plan on "Cavuto: Coast to Coast."

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its forecast for global crude oil prices due to supply disruptions in the Gulf of Mexico and signs of strengthening demand.