The boot maker has been around since 1898, when founder Will Russell began selling hand-sewn leather logging boots.

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Perhaps it just goes to show that in business, strange things happen - like a rubber boot maker becoming mobile phone company number one.

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Trading in Timberland options today is relatively calm, but investors who purchased calls on the boot maker back in May are now holding contracts that have sky-rocketed in value just days ahead of expiration.

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Apple acquired several companies to construct its mapping technology, as well as using information from third parties, such as navigation system maker Tom Tom NV, before it was ready to boot Google Maps.

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