Cuba cuts state payroll, private sector jobs grow 23 pct in 2012
December 27, 2012 at 13:04 PM EST
HAVANA, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Cuba's drive to slash state payrolls and spur private-sector growth picked up surprising steam in 2012 as President Raul Castro moved ahead with reforms to the Soviet-style economy, according to figures unveiled recently with little hoopla.
