L.L. Bean struggled to keep up with demand for its popular duck boots last holiday season and wound up with 100,000 back-ordered pairs and no way to make them fast enough. Since then, the Maine shoemaker has shored up its manufacturing operations so it wouldn't happen again.

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Dow briefly adds 100, Nasdaq jumps

U.S. stocks traded in a narrow range after opening mildly higher, attempting to stabilize after a sharp sell-off as commodities recovered slightly.

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Latest VA scandal: Execs profit from moving expenses

Hillary Clinton complained over the weekend about the “drip, drip, drip” of revelations regarding her mishandling of email while she was Secretary of State that has seriously undercut public confidence in her, but she has nothing on the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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GoPro CEO loses $1.4B as company's shares plummet

Nick Woodman, the billionaire founder of action camera-maker GoPro Inc., has seen his fortune fall $1.4 billion this year amid a market downdraft and concern mounts about competition from Apple Inc. and other companies.

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VW to refit millions of cars caught in emissions scandal

Volkswagen announced plans on Tuesday to refit up to 11 million vehicles and overhaul its namesake brand to try to move on from the scandal over its cheating on diesel emissions tests.

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Volkswagen to be cut from top sustainability ranking

Volkswagen will be dropped from a leading sustainability index next month in the wake of a widening emissions scandal.

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