Shell Posts $42 Billion Profit, Adding to Industry's Record Haul

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57% : The 48-year-old Mr. Sawan, a dual Lebanese-Canadian national who joined Shell in 1997, rose through the ranks to oversee Shell's natural-gas business -- which has driven record profits -- and more recently renewable energy.
53% : Last month, Shell said in an earnings preview that it expects to pay around $2 billion more in European Union and U.K. energy-profit levies -- so-called windfall taxes -- that governments have adopted to help businesses and consumers cope with soaring energy costs.

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