Warped or otherwise, I decided to give QS a three-month test drive, downloading Android apps and outfitting myself with devices to track my mood, sleep cycles, calories, location, spending and productivity.

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Ben Sowter, from QS, says there is a "reasonably strong trend" of technology-based institutions moving up the world rankings.

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The China side of my brain was intrigued by a different dimension of the education issue when I picked up the Indian Express on September 10 and read a large article expressing concern over the just-released QS World University Rankings.

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Deloitte US could also, under this theory, presumably be held liable for false or misleading statements made in ChinaCast 10-Qs, even though typically there is no statement actually signed by an auditor for a 10Q.

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In spite of no legal requirement, EY and the other audit firms consented to inclusion of signed reports of their quarterly reviews (as opposed to an opinion which has a very strict definition in the standards and the law) in the 10-Qs of some other financial services firms.

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The company has a longer reach than most QS device makers, having started in 1999 developing armbands for use in out-of-lab health studies.

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