Cuba Recession
-
{
- All
- News
-
Cuba slashes 1 million jobs, pushes self-employment
Communist Cuba has announced it will slash one million state jobs and push self-employment and some small businesses, in a gamble it hopes will keep its political system and economy afloat.Workers laid off from government jobs will no longer be sent home on partial pay, but will have to find other means to make a living, the Cuban Workers Cent...
-
Puffing away: Greeks beat downturn with cigars
Even as the world is facing recession, a local luxury item -- the cigar -- is defying all the odds in Greece.
-
Cuba slashes 1 million jobs, pushes self-employment
Communist Cuba has announced it will slash one million state jobs and push self-employment and some small businesses, in a gamble it hopes will keep its political system and economy afloat.Workers laid off from government jobs will no longer be sent home on partial pay, but will have to find other means to make a living, the Cuban Workers Cent...
-
Puffing away: Greeks beat downturn with cigars
Even as the world is facing recession, a local luxury item -- the cigar -- is defying all the odds in Greece.
