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New England resorts find good snow recession-proof
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The economy may be melting down, but the snow keeps piling up at New England’s big ski mountains, enabling them to dodge the avalanche of bad news about job losses and business failures.VPR News
Ski industry faces further consolidation
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Vermont’s largest family-owned ski resort was sold last week to a Florida real estate investment trust. Management will stay the same at Okemo Mountain Resort. But the transfer of ownership reminds some in the industry of how challenging consolidation can be.VPR News
Ski resorts hiring for winter
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Vermont’s ski resorts are gearing up for the winter by hiring seasonal workers.VPR News
Northern New England ski areas say 2007-08 season a record
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Ski areas across Northern England are declaring the just finished ski season the best they’ve had in years, perhaps ever.VPR News
Morning Newscast: March 18, 2008
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Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: Five-hundred fewer businesses registered with the state of Vermont in 2007 than in previous years. That’s the according to the Secretary of State’s Corporations Division, which oversees business registrations; The economic news is bleak and the U.S. dollar keeps falling. But there may be a bit of a silver lining, the state’s ski areas are getting a boost from foreign skiers…VPR News