Lind eWire Newsletter ISSUE 601 | JAN 2007
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Hedging hits the slopes! This year's balmy winter isn't welcome to many snow-dependent businesses, but a Japanese ski resort is hoping futures can help prevent an avalanche of losses. Araragi, a company which operates the Araragi Kogen ski resort in Nagano, central Japan, has reportedly bought weather futures as a hedge against a snow shortfall.