Last week I came back to the issue of public sentiment towards Apple.

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It was to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the wedding of the Winter King and Queen that I came to be in the Hague last week, walking through heavy snow past the Mauritshuis to the grand opening of a glorious exhibition of 17th Century paintings of the couple and their family.

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Both Forbes senior editor Matt Herper and I blogged about this Harvard study about the power of placebos that came out last week.

FORBES: Harvard Placebo Study Was Seriously Overhyped

The last time I thought about that story was a week after the letter came.

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As I pointed out in a bulletin last week, the ADP monthly jobs creation number came in at 13, 000 versus 60, 000 expected and 57, 000 last month.

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"I had nothing to lose - or win - so I'm driving for the team, " said the Finn, whose title defence came to an end in Japan last week.

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