BLOOMBERG As the US and EU throw billions at building out the industry needed for the transition to a low-carbon economy, Norway is spooking investors by slapping taxes on wind farms. Norway’s Labour-Centre government is boosting taxes as the cost of pensions, health services and care for the elderly outpace mainland revenues. Salmon farmers, wind turbine owners and hydropower producers …

BLOOMBERG UK companies are increasingly relying on short-term workers amid hiring freezes and economic uncertainty, a new survey showed. Permanent staff hiring declined at the sharpest pace in over two years in April, according to a report from KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). At the same time, companies registered the quickest jump in billings from temporary staff …

BLOOMBERG Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will ask President Joe Biden to scrap Trump-era duties on his country’s olives that have strained trade ties between the US and European Union (EU). In his first official visit to the White House since he took office in 2018, Sanchez will appeal to Biden to remove the tariffs and put an end to …