41.   Packers use forward contracts to guarantee a steady supply of beef for slaughterhouse operations and to lock in a specific price before animals are marketed.

42.   Rolling over forward contracts means that Korea would exchange commitments for won due in coming months for commitments due later.

43.   Some companies hedge against currency fluctuations by buying or selling options and forward contracts.

44.   Sony said it hedged forward contracts at a high yen rate, but the yen then fell against the dollar.

45.   Stratton is believed to have acquired forward contracts for Sepap shares, not actual shares, yet is now making all management decisions, AssiDomaen officials said.

46.   Stratton also has never explained its transactions in the market, except to say it purchased its holdings from Harvard through forward contracts.

47.   That made it prohibitively expensive for foreign investors to borrow the baht they need in order to buy forward contracts on the currency.

48.   That made it prohibitively expensive for foreign investors to borrow the baht they need to buy forward contracts on the currency.

49.   The Bangko Sentral expects to release this week a circular on the new forward contract dealing rules.

50.   The central bank tried to prop up the currency by buying forward contracts, committing it to buy baht at a specified time and price.