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Nearly three dozen scientists and engineers will arrive at the Perrysburg headquarters of Owens-Illinois Inc. in coming months as part of a new research thrust by the longtime Toledo area glassmaker, reports The Toledo Blade.

Last week, the world's largest bottle manufacturer announced $18 million in new research-related investments, most of them earmarked for Perrysburg.

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Lauren Goodman backs the renewal of Ohio's Third Frontier high-tech economic development initiative for a simple and maybe even selfish reason, reports the Dayton Daily News.

The job Goodman got at a Miamisburg company after a Third Frontier internship at the firm has made it possible for her and her husband Randy to start building a life for themselves without leaving the Dayton area and their families and friends.

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The state is growing a crop of new businesses, reports The Columbus Dispatch.

Business-formation filings have increased in each of the first three months of 2010, based on filing revenue, said Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

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Cincinnati is not alone in the dearth of spots available for permanent urban agriculture, but a northern Kentucky couple is working to change that by creating a non-profit that will, among other things, set aside inner city land for food production, reports Soapbox.

The idea builds on the current work of Memorial Inc., which operates the Over-The-Rhine Eco-Garden in partnership with the Civic Garden Center.

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Five Ohio universities have launched centers of excellence focused on advanced materials and sensors, reports Crain's Cleveland Business.

In announcing the new centers -- administered by Case Western Reserve, Kent State and Ohio State Universities and the universities of Akron and Cincinnati -- Gov. Ted Strickland said research and development in those high tech areas will bring good jobs to Ohioans

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Employment in Ohio's biosciences sector is on the rise across the state, reports BioOhio.

Despite the nation's stagnant overall economy, total employment in Ohio's bioscience sector in 2008 was 55,465, nearly a 3 percent increase between 2007 and 2008. Since 2000, the bioscience sector in Ohio added over 8,400 jobs, a 17.9 percent increase.

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A bipartisan group of Cincinnatians will rally April 7 for renewal of the Ohio Third Frontier economic development initiative. Organizers are expecting more than 100 to attend the event at the Taft Center at Fountain Square downtown, reports Soapbox.

Funding through Ohio Third Frontier has created 571 new companies and more than 55,000 new direct and indirect jobs across Ohio, according to state economic development officials.

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As the Southeast Asian country continues to increase in wealth and influence, more Americans are looking to do business with Indian companies, reports Soapbox.

That's one reason a group of Cincinnati-area professionals are launching the Indian American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. The organization will host a membership kickoff event May 5.

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University of Akron's Board of Trustees has given its support to Ohio's Third Frontier initiative, which will be on this May's voting ballot as State Issue 1, reports the Buchtelite.

Since 2002 Ohio has invested $681 million into the Third Frontier, which has created $6.6 billion in economic activity, including 48,000 jobs resulting in $2.4 billion in wages.

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Of the two statewide issues on the May 4 primary ballot, Issue 1 -- a measure to renew funding for the Ohio Third Frontier -- "should be a no-brainer," says the Toledo Blade in an editorial.

Conceived under Republican Gov. Bob Taft and continued by Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, the Third Frontier program has wide bipartisan support in the General Assembly. It is backed by business, labor, and the academic community.

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