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===Other commercial companies=== Increasingly, private companies pay for weather forecasts tailored to their needs so that they can increase their profits or avoid large losses.<ref>CSIRO. [http://www.csiro.au/science/pps9c.html#1 "Providing specialized weather forecasts"]. Retrieved May 25, 2008. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419071008/http://www.csiro.au/science/pps9c.html |date=April 19, 2008 }}</ref> For example, supermarket chains may change the stocks on their shelves in anticipation of different [[consumer spending]] habits in different weather conditions. Weather forecasts can be used to invest in the commodity market, such as futures in oranges, corn, soybeans, and oil.<ref>Stephen Jewson and Rodrigo Caballero. [http://search.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=405780 "The Use of Weather Forecasts in the Pricing of Weather Derivatives"]. Retrieved May 25, 2008. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716125422/http://search.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=405780 |date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref>
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