European ministers call for profit caps on energy companies as Iran war drives price surge

Bloomberg04-04 21:59

The finance ministers of Spain and four other European countries are urging the European Union to impose a bloc-wide windfall tax on energy companies, concerned that surging oil and gas prices driven ...

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