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How does my online banking fob work?

subpixel — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:48:50 -0800

How does my online banking fob work? Does it get numbers over-the-air or does it generate the according to some math I don't understand? Background: to access my bank account on the web, I need to use the little electronic fob CitiBank sent me when I registered for online banking. The device generates a six-digit number every minute or so. But where does that number come from? Is the fob generating or receiving it?

Family Owned Business Statistics

trashcan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:09:33 -0800

I am doing a dissertation on family business succession planning, I am looking for good statistics on the numbers and importance of family businesses globally and in the UK. The sorts of statistics I am looking for are:

Percentage of all businesses that are family owned in the world, us and UK.

Percentage of family businesses that are in their 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation.

Propotion of people employed by family businesses.

All must be good sources, i.e. government/federal departments, peer reviewed research, etc.

Thanks

I want a new phone charm!

By The Grace of God — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:08:52 -0800

Where can I order those little mobile phone charms online? I've got one that's a metal piglet with a big purple glass jewel and six little Asian cord knots in three shades of pink. All I can find around here (Scotland) are the Tigger/Piglet/Pooh/Mickey/etc ones and the shoe and purse ones. Is there a website that's got a wide selection and ships to the UK? English-language sites preferred.