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.

FORBES: Ernst & Young's Liability For Lehman Larger Than Claimed

On his Jan. 9 OTC Insight hotline, Jim Collins observes that the three major indices and their exchange traded funds--Spiders, Diamonds and " the Qs " --have all gained as much in the first five trading days of 2006 as they did during all of last year.

FORBES

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.

FORBES: A China Watcher's Observations On India

Both Citi and Merrill have to file their quarterly reports, known as 10-Qs, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the next week or so.

FORBES: Street Quakes As Another Chief Falls

The Qs are trading near their ten-year high and looking good still.

FORBES: 4 Strong and Hearty Health Care Names

Matt Symonds is co-founder and former director of the QS World MBA Tour and is author of ABC of Getting the MBA Admissions Edge.

FORBES: The Business School Beat

Politicians in the Senedd generally mind their Ps and Qs during FMQs rather more so than those in Westminster during PMQs - if you get my drift.

BBC: A rumble in the political jungle

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

BBC: US and UK universities 'dominant'