Here are some of the best business images for the week to August 7, 2014.
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People look at the construction of the 632-metre-high skyscraper in Shanghai, China. The final steel beam has now been installed on Shanghai’s tallest building, the world’s second tallest. ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images -
A worker unloads palm oil fruits from a lorry inside a palm oil factory outside Kuala Lumpur. Palm oil production in top growers Indonesia and Malaysia could pick up in the final months of this year, keeping a lid on prices, although some in the market are still worried about a potential El Nino plus tree stress in Malaysia. Samsul Said / Reuters -
Workers clean glass panels inside a shopping mall in Buenos Aires. Argentina has defaulted on its debt for the second time in 13 years. Enrique Marcarian / Reuters -
A man passes by the Banco Espirito Santo headquarters in Lisbon. Portugal is ready to bail out BES to prevent a catastrophic run on its banks that could plunge its fragile economy further into crisis. Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP -
Panasonic employees show the company's first indoor vegetable farm at their factory in Singapore. A unit of Panasonic has started selling to a chain of Japanese restaurants in Singapore fresh produce grown in what it says is the first licensed indoor vegetable farm in the island state. Edgar Su / Reuters -
An Audi A3 gets a final check at the production line of the German car manufacturer’s plant in Ingolstadt. Audi reported higher second-quarter operating profit as gains from record luxury-car sales outweighed the impact of spending on technology and foreign expansion. Michaela Rehle / Reuters -
A woman rides her bicycle past a graffiti mocking the Brazilian currency note, the real, in downtown Rio de Janeiro. Pilar Olivares / Reuters -
A labourer works atop the Shanghai Tower, at the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai. Growth in China’s services sector slipped to a six-month low in July as new orders rose at their weakest rate in at least a year, data showed, taking some of the shine off an industry that has been a bright spot in the Chinese economy this year. Reuters -
A worker uses a laptop inside his dormitory near a residential construction site in Hefei, Anhui province. A raft of China data over the coming week will give the first indications of the economy’s third-quarter performance, after conflicting signals suggested that more stimulus measures may be needed to ensure a sustained recovery. Reuters -
AVE high-speed trains remain idle during a strike in Madrid. Workers’ unions called for the two-day strike at the start of the holiday period to protest against privatisation and to demand more personnel at Spanish railway companies Renfe and Adif. Juan Medina / Reuters -
The China’s People Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison headquarters is pictured at the Central Business District in Hong Kong August 1, 2014. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army celebrated its 87th founding anniversary on Friday. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
In pictures: Best business images of the week, August 7, 2014
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