Here are some of the best pictures from the business world to October 30.
Updated: October 30, 2014, 12:00 AM
Best business images of the week - in pictures
A Myanmar migrant worker restores a wooden fishing boat in a large shipyard in Ranong, southern Thailand, on October 26, 2014. The workers from Myanmar are known for their work restoring, repairing and cleaning the fishing boats in Ranong, an area dependent on its fisheries industry. Barbara Walton
A man arranges metal tubes that are part of a Sobia, a diesel heater, prior to winter season in Sidon, south Lebanon on October 25, 2014. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
The South Korean president Park Geun-hye bows after delivering her speech on the 2015 budget bill during a plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul on October 29, 2014. South Korea's economy was still in crisis despite some signs of improvement and it faces the risk of falling into a long-term slump, president Park Geun-hye said on Wednesday. Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
Offices in high rises, many of them bank buildings like the headquarters of Deutsche Bank (right), are illuminated in Frankfurt, Germany, on October 27, 2014, as a bridge spans the river Main. Twenty-five EU banks failed a stress tests administered by the European Central Bank to gauge their financial stability. German banks faired relatively well with only one failing the test. The tests were based on the banks' December 2013 balance sheets; since then, nearly half have re-capitalised. Frank Rumpenhorst
Bus drivers sit underneath a bus during a strike to demand improved security, amid a crime wave against public transport workers, in Tegucigalpa on October 22, 2014. Bus drivers in Tegucigalpa, Honduras parked their vehicles and walked off the job on Wednesday to protest against a crime wave that has seen nearly 40 transport workers killed this year alone. According to local media, the drivers of about 2,000 buses in the capital called on the government to do more to protect them from being extorted by local gangs demanding 'protection money'. Jorge Cabrera / Reuters
A camel herder walks his camels at Pushkar Fair in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan on October 28, 2014. Thousands of animals, mainly camels, are brought to the fair to be sold and traded. Himanshu Sharma / Reuters
A man takes pictures of workers installing lighting on an APEC sign post at the financial district in Beijing, on October 28, 2014. Countries at an Asia-Pacific summit in Beijing pledged to pursue "flexible" fiscal policies to support the world economy and job creation, their finance ministers said in a joint statement on Wednesday. Petar Kujundzic / Reuters
A man unveils a Volkswagen car during the International Sao Paulo Motor Show media day in Sao Paulo on October 28, 2014. Paulo Whitaker / Reuters
A worker pulls a cart in front of the smoking chimneys of a power plant in Hefei, Anhui province, on October 24, 2014. China's economy, the world's second largest, grew at its slowest pace since the global financial crisis in the September quarter and risks missing its official target for the first time in 15 years, stoking worries about global growth as well as the risk of social discontent. Reuters
A welder works on part of the World Trade Center after sunset in New York October 24, 2014. Carlo Allegri / Reuters
People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in Zenica. Facebook warned on Tuesday of a dramatic increase in spending in 2015 and projected a slowdown in revenue growth this quarter, slicing a tenth off its market value. Facebook shares fell 7.7 per cent in premarket trading the day after the social network announced an increase in spending in 2015 and projected a slowdown in revenue growth this quarter. Dado Ruvic / Reuters
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre) smiles as she poses for a family photo next to incoming president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker (right) and outgoing president Jose Manuel Barroso during an EU summit in Brussels on October 23, 2014. European leaders aim to agree a new decade of energy policy to cut climate-warming gas emissions to 2030 at an EU summit on Thursday, but sharp differences over sharing the cost mean a deal will be difficult. Christian Hartmann / Reuters
People walk past an advertisement for a foreign auto maker on a wall on October 27, 2014 in Beijing, China. Economic data showed that the country's growth dropped to a five year low and is slowing due to a decrease in exports and property development in recent months, reports say. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images