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Entrepreneurs on rise in Cuba but change slow

Businesses out of shadows; government still gets its cut

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By KEVIN G. HALL MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Sergio Luis Suarez, 24, is among the new faces of Cuba’s budding business class. He cut hair for profit before it was legal, but now he’s licensed by the government and has transformed the front of his mother’s apartment into a makeshift salon. His monthly profit: about $25, at 50 cents a cut.

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  • Headline: Entrepreneurs on rise in Cuba but change slow
  • Publication: Business, Pages 67 on 04/22/2012
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