Total hosts climate talks with big oil companies

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

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

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

Richard Russell – U.S. Government And The Fed Scared To Death, The Late Joe Granville, Silver And An Ominous Warning From John Williams

As people continue to digest breaking news out of Greece and around the world, the Godfather of newsletter writers, 90-year-old Richard Russell, warned that the U.S. government and the Fed are scared to death. Russell also covered everything from Joe Granville, Russia and China, to silver and an ominous warning from John Williams.

Witkoff taps ex-Goldman dealmaker for NY Daily News bid: sources

Steven Witkoff, the New York-based real estate tycoon, has enlisted the help of former Goldman Sachs Group Inc private equity investor Gerry Cardinale in his bid for the New York Daily News, according to people familiar with the matter. Cardinale’s investment firm, RedBird Capital Partners LLC, is advising Witkoff on his offer for the tabloid newspaper, the people said on Thursday. Witkoff, Jimmy Finkelstein, the owner of the Washington newspaper “The