Tag: small businesses

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  US Senate approves bipartisan US$ 480 billion relief package for small businesses

  

  The US Senate approved a bipartisan, nearly half-trillion-dollar relief package on Tuesday, with funding earmarked for devastated small businesses, overwhelmed hospitals, and a ramp-up of testing nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 06:19 UTC

  All small retail outlets to be “privatized” by next October announced Cuba

  

  Cuba will broaden private retail service beyond beauty parlours and barbers in October to include everything from coffee shops to locksmiths, and may even rent space on busy streets, an official told parliament.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 06:05 UTC

  Cuba announces small private businesses can hire and fire labour

  

  Cuba has given all small businesses the authority to hire (and fire) labour and will loosen other regulations governing private enterprise as part of the broader measures to reform the island’s economy and boost production, the government said in a statement.