• Buses wait to be exported in Lianyungang port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. China’s monthly trade surplus leaped to a record US$47.3 billion in July, nearly tripling year-on-year, official data showed. AFP
    Buses wait to be exported in Lianyungang port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. China’s monthly trade surplus leaped to a record US$47.3 billion in July, nearly tripling year-on-year, official data showed. AFP
  • A worker stands on a crane at a construction site in Tokyo. Japan’s core machinery orders rose for the first time in three months in June after a record plunge in May. Yuya Shino / Reuters
    A worker stands on a crane at a construction site in Tokyo. Japan’s core machinery orders rose for the first time in three months in June after a record plunge in May. Yuya Shino / Reuters
  • Farmers collect salt during the harvest in Surabaya. Indonesia’s economic growth slipped to the lowest level for five years in the second quarter, government statistics said. Fully Handoko / EPA
    Farmers collect salt during the harvest in Surabaya. Indonesia’s economic growth slipped to the lowest level for five years in the second quarter, government statistics said. Fully Handoko / EPA
  • Workers take down bamboo scaffolding erected on the facade of a commercial building in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s bamboo scaffolders have risen above predictions that their trade would disappear. Dale De La Rey / AFP
    Workers take down bamboo scaffolding erected on the facade of a commercial building in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s bamboo scaffolders have risen above predictions that their trade would disappear. Dale De La Rey / AFP
  • Spectators watch a Sony Gamescom 2014 press conference, in Cologne, Germany. Henning Kaiser / EPA
    Spectators watch a Sony Gamescom 2014 press conference, in Cologne, Germany. Henning Kaiser / EPA
  • A businessman checks his mobile phone as the sun filters through a Sydney park. Telstra, Australia’s largest telco, reported a 14.3 per cent rise in annual net profit, beating analyst expectations. David Gray / Reuters
    A businessman checks his mobile phone as the sun filters through a Sydney park. Telstra, Australia’s largest telco, reported a 14.3 per cent rise in annual net profit, beating analyst expectations. David Gray / Reuters
  • A visitor tries Sony’s Project Morpheus virtual reality headset at an exhibition stand during the Gamescom 2014 in Cologne, Germany. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    A visitor tries Sony’s Project Morpheus virtual reality headset at an exhibition stand during the Gamescom 2014 in Cologne, Germany. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • A labourer loads sacks of fodder on a handcart at a wholesale grocery market in Kolkata. India’s wholesale price inflation eased to a five-month low in July, helped by a moderation in fuel costs. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    A labourer loads sacks of fodder on a handcart at a wholesale grocery market in Kolkata. India’s wholesale price inflation eased to a five-month low in July, helped by a moderation in fuel costs. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • A passenger plane comes into land over a field at Heathrow airport. Heathrow is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the third busiest in the world. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
    A passenger plane comes into land over a field at Heathrow airport. Heathrow is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the third busiest in the world. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
  • A farmer in a tractor piles up hay bales on a field in Gleidingen near Hanover, central Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / DPA / AFP
    A farmer in a tractor piles up hay bales on a field in Gleidingen near Hanover, central Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / DPA / AFP

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In pictures: Best business images, August 14, 2014

Liz Claus

August 14, 2014

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Here are the best business images of the week to August 14, 2014.

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