10 things we learned this week
Apple's copyright triumph, Mark Carney's name-alike and Fed bosses attend the University of the Blindingly Obvious.
1. Samsung once claimed Apple ‘doesn’t own beautiful and sexy’. It was wrong
2. Network Rail’s chief executive-elect is Mark Carne: a bit like Bank of England boss Mark Carney, but not as well paid
3. US Fed bosses agree that the consequences of a US default would have been ‘potentially catastrophic’. You don’t say…
4. The market for western fast food chains in India is expected to be worth $1.2bn by 2016
5. ‘Facebook twins’ Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (collectively: Winklevii) claim to own 1% of all Bitcoins
6. Not even Radiohead miserablist-in-chief Thom Yorke is immune to Comparethemarket.com’s Meerkat speak
7. It turns out Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary is occasionally willing to admit defeat…
8. Paul Flowers: so similar in appearance to Withnail & I’s Uncle Monty, we're not sure why we didn't spot it earlier
9. Britain is not really ‘on the way to having a "Big Seven"’ energy providers
