Katja, meanwhile, runs tours of the surrounding region, and manages the small army of cooks, servants and farmworkers.

FORBES: Notes From A Distant Node

Every morning Katja listens as each of her neighbors checks in on the CB in the living room.

FORBES: Notes From A Distant Node

Researcher Katja Schmidt criticised another site for suggesting some herbal medicines could cure cancer.

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Katja Hall, chief policy director at the Confederation of British Industry, said that although the Work Programme's initial results were "disappointing", gains would come in the longer term.

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Our hosts are Diethelm and Katja Metzger.

FORBES: Notes From A Distant Node

"Although the rate of employee absence has fallen in the public sector, it is still a lot higher than in the private sector, and this issue should be addressed, especially given that the public finances are strained, " said Katja Hall, director of employment policy at the CBI.

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