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Germany extends short-work program
BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Wednesday extended until the end of 2010 a program that allows companies to put workers on short work hours in an effort to avoid layoffs — an arrangement credited with keeping unemployment down over recent months.
A new survey, meanwhile, showed that consumer confidence in Europe's biggest economy is declining amid fears of job losses.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's...
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