Pharmacy Gaint Merck To Fire 8,500 Jobs

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[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=4]The positions eliminated are in addition to 7,500 job cuts Merck had already announced, the[/size][/font][/color][url="http://topics.bloomberg.com/whitehouse-station/"]Whitehouse Station[/url][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=4], New Jersey -based company said in a statement today. The firings now equal about 20 percent of the global workforce, and will cut across the entirety of Merck, including R&D, sales and management.[/size][/font][/color]