And while it may not solve all of the problems facing the industry today, people like Jon Pollock, the marketing manager of Toyota G.B.

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Testing in finance can be fairly ad hoc, said Steve Wilcockson, industry manager for financial services at MathWorks, and it varies by location and industry segment.

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Soles4Souls controller Tim Deats, a former shoe-industry manager, told Forbes his charity values gifts at estimated manufacturing cost, a low figure since most shoes are imported from China.

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"This standard is now in place for all merchants globally who accept credit cards--no exceptions, " says Bill Bradley, senior industry marketing manager for Akamai Technologies in Cambridge, Mass.

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