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Durham, N.C. — Better trained and educated workers – especially engineers – along with faster technology transfer from public labs to the private sector and an immigration plan to help foreign students to remain in the U.S. headlined the shopping list of ways the government could help boost entrepreneurship and create more jobs. Slideshow President Obama speaks at Cree Obama visits Cree

So said a collection of nearly 40 private sector executives and entrepreneurs who met in Durham with Austan Goolsbee, chair of the Council of Economic Advisors to President Obama, and members of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness

“We want to hear from you,” said Goolsbee, who chaired the meeting at a packed conference room in the headquarters of advertising and marketing firm McKinney.

 

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