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Keep college grads in R.I. Build the country's first offshore wind farm. Link entrepreneurs and college innovators.

Those are some of the suggestions for fixing the state's economy from the state's most promising high-tech entrepreneurs featured in The Providence Sunday Journal. "For years, the state has been hatching campaigns to build a knowledge economy based on information technology, biotechnology and life sciences," The Providence Journal reported. "The efforts, however, have been small and scattershot. Tiny awards for biological research. A few desks for entrepreneurs. Modest tax breaks for research and development spending. A Web site for networking."

Read the complete story here. For more on how the recession has affected Rhode Island, see past Providence Journal coverage:
"Recession claiming more R.I. small businesses," March 5
"Rhode Island needs to do more to help small businesses," March 9
"Lost in Transition: R.I.'s economy has failed to keep with the times," March 16
"R.I. unemployment rate hits 10.5 percent," March 20
"Hair and tanning salons feeling the pinch of tight economy," March 20

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