Saks was suspicious when Ms. Sandoval ordered $5,000 worth of goods using Susan Schweiger's card information.
One S.E.C. regulation requires companies to disclose whether they manufacture goods using so-called conflict minerals like gold from Congo.
Late 1800s Consumers and merchants exchange goods using credit for the first time, in the form of charge plates and credit coins.
"The water conserved by making goods using old leather rather than virgin leather is enormous," says Looptworks co-founder Scott Hamlin.
One pilot program lets Russian companies like Sportmaster, a retail chain based in Moscow, buy or sell goods using Chinese currency.
Online, there are tales of people taking delivery of goods, using them, then returning them and asking PayPal for a refund.
The complex, where companies manufactured consumer goods using Southern capital and technology and a mainly Northern work force, has been shuttered for three and a half months.
Founded in 1997, the company builds a range of parts for cars, factories and consumer goods using a rare manufacturing technique called metal injection molding.
