Here are some of the best business images for the week ended July 31, 2014.
Updated: July 31, 2014, 12:00 AM
Best business photos of the week - July 31,2014
Passersby are reflected in a sculpture made out of mirrors in the financial district in Buenos Aires. Argentina has defaulted for the second time in 13 years after officials failed to come to an agreement with the country's bondholders. Daniel Garcia / AFP
A worker cleans models of apartments at a showroom in Kunming, Yunnan province. Chinese banks’ bad loan ratio rose to 1.08 per cent at the end of June from 1.04 per cent in March, adding to concerns a slow economy and cooling property market could weigh on banks and brew up financial risks. Wong Campion / Reuters
A man works on steel products stacked at a steelworks in Seoul. South Korea’s Posco said second-quarter operating profit fell at the quickest rate in three quarters as a strong local currency made the steelmaker’s prices less competitive in an export market where demand growth has been weak. Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
People look at a screen showing a controller during the presentation of the Xbox One in Shanghai on July 30. The Xbox One will launch in China in September, the first games console to be officially released on the mainland after Beijing lifted a ban on the devices, which it had imposed in 2000. Johannes Eisele / AFP
motorbike drivers take a nap at a street in Hanoi. Vietnam’s inflation rate increased 1.62 per cent in the first seven months of 2014, considered as the lowest rate in the last 13 years. Luong Thai Linh / EPA
A Spider-Man model hangs from a glass facade of a spa building in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. As a fan of the Spider-Man comic book series, the owner had the figure attached to the building in hope of boosting his spa business. Alex Lee / Reuters
Police civil disturbance teams block a road leading to the House of Representatives during Philippine president Benigno Aquino IV's annual state of the nation address in Manila. Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images
A woman walks past a bus covered in an advertisement for British Sky Broadcasting in west London. BSkyB has agreed to pay £4.9 billion in cash to buy Rupert Murdoch’s pay-TV assets in Germany and Italy, responding to slowing growth at home by creating a European media powerhouse. Toby Melville / Reuters
Argentine finance secretary Pablo Lopez, centre, leaves negotiations on Tuesday aimed at avoiding his country’s second default in 13 years. Argentina has defaulted for the second time in 13 years after officials failed to come to an agreement with the country's bondholders. John Minchillo / AP Photo
A woman walks past a logo of McDonald’s in Hong. McDonald’s has suspended sales of chicken nuggets and other items in Hong Kong after it said it had imported products from Shanghai Husi Food, the US-owned company at the centre of a food safety scare in China. Tyrone Siu / Reuters