Trading tax hike won’t harm competitiveness of Hong Kong’s stock market, says financial secretary
Hong Kong’s plan to increase the stamp duty on stock trading will not harm the competitiveness of the city’s financial markets, Financial Secretary Paul Chan told CNBC on Friday.Chan said in his budget speech on Wednesday that the government will raise the stamp duty paid on listed stock trades from 0.1% to 0.13%.The move “will not harm our competitiveness and at the same time will bring additional revenue to the government at this juncture,” said Chan.Chan said in his budget speech on Wednesday
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform dominate the U.S. public cloud market, withOracle knocking on the door. But the data are obfuscated by definitions that can make comparisons among them almost impossible.Amazon has the clearest story: AWS had net sales of $12.7 billion in the fourth quarter, and $45.4 billion for all of 2020. Sales were up 28% for the quarter, and 30% for the full year.Oracle’s approach isn’t any better. Most of its corporate revenue, including clou