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Germany's Merkel: Short Working Hours To Be Extended



BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Programs to keep people employed by reducing work hours have helped prevent broad layoffs in Germany and will be extended, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.

Merkel told a business conference in Berlin that the length of the extension for short-hour programs is still being discussed.

-By Patrick McGroarty, Dow Jones Newswires; +49 30 2888-4128; patrick.mcgroarty@dowjones.com


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