Beyond that, the labor and business groups agreed that American workers should have a first chance at available jobs and said they would improve the method for advertising open jobs.

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Orion Genomics hopes to start pulling in revenues next year from its proprietary method of sequencing, mapping and cloning agricultural genes--technology that can be used to improve crop yield, develop pest resistance or help plants survive drought, flooding and cold.

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