Thus Munich's unemployment rate, at 3%, is less than a third the German average, and there's a mad scramble for office space.

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Mr. Workman drew comparisons to a mad scientist, working in a chaotic office strewn with papers and avoiding meetings.

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"I got a lot of pity for basically moving to the Internet, " a casually dressed Mr. Weiner said earlier this month, sitting in his narrow office at the Los Angeles Center Studios where "Mad Men" is shot.

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