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Total hosts climate talks with big oil companies

French oil major Total is hosting a meeting of the world’s biggest oil companies over the sector’s action plan ahead of U.N. climate talks in Paris at the end of the year. Officials from Royal Dutch Shell, Saudi Aramco, Norway’s Statoil, BG Group and Italy’s Eni are in Paris to “work on an initiative” highlighting the oil & gas sector’s position in the global debate on climate change, several company

Friday, May 22: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The gold price chopped around slightly above the unchanged mark until just after 1 p.m. in Hong Kong and then began to head lower, with the low tick coming minutes after 9 a.m. EDT.  It rallied a bit going into the London p.m. gold ‘fix’—and from there it didn’t do a lot. The high and lows were reported by the CME Group as $1,212.40 and $1,200.80

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Selling Home in New Orleans

Filed under: Buying, Celebrity Homes, Selling WireImage/GettyAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, shown here with local children in 2007, bought their New Orleans home in 2006. By Melissa Allison Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have listed their prime French Quarter mansion for $6.5 million, but a rep tells US Weekly the couple remain committed to New Orleans and will look for “something off the beaten path down the road.” Pitt and