The National's Business section gives you some of the best business images for the week to April 11, 2014.
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Water pipelines and wind turbines near the upper reservoir of the Gorona power station on the Spanish Canary island of El Hierro. The smallest of the Canary Islands is preparing to become the first island in the world generating 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable. Desiree Martin / AFP -
A Nokia employee poses for a photo with a new Nokia Lumia 1520 smart phone at the company’s in San Francisco, California. Josh Edelson / AFP -
A man sits amid his strawberry crop while waiting for customers in a wholesale fruit market in Islamabad. Mian Khursheed / Reuters -
Workers look at the operational process of the coal terminal at the Ventspils port in Latvia. Ints Kalnins / Reuters -
Microbiologist Ashley Sabol extracts Listeria bacteria for genome sequencing in a foodborne disease outbreak lab at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta in 2013. The US’ disease detectives are beginning a programme to try to outsmart outbreaks by routinely decoding the DNA of deadly bacteria and viruses. David Goldman / AP Photo -
Hakimullah prepares to extract oil from sesame paste at a traditional sesame oil processing factory in Mazar I Sharif in Afghanistan. Zohra Bensemra / Reuters -
Steam rises from cooling towers at the Neurath coal-fired power plant near Grevenbroich, Germany. A recent European Union study rated the Neurath power plant as the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in Germany, with 33.3 million tons in 2013, making it the second biggest in Europe. Sascha Schuermann / Getty Images -
A Myanmar man pushes his cart as he passes a billboard displaying ‘Ooredoo’ telecom company advertising, in Yangon, Myanmar. Norway’s Telenor Group and Qatar’s Ooredoo Group signed the final licences to build and operate second-generation and third-generation mobile phone services in the Myanmar after they beat out 89 other contestants for the 15-year concessions granted by the government. Lynn Bo Bo / EPA -
Japan’s economics minister Akira Amari, centre, speaks with media after his group’s meetings with US trade representatives with Tokyo and Washington are hoping to reach a broad agreement on the bilateral outstanding issues. Issei Kato / Reuters -
Steam bucket-wheel excavator extracts coal from the brown coal open cast mine Garzweiler in Immerath, western Germany. The small town of Immerath and surrounding towns will be wiped off the map to allow energy giant RWE enlarge the huge open pit mine Garzweiler. Sascha Schuermann / Getty Images -
People dressed in food-themed costumes walk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the initial public offering of GrubHub. Shares of GrubHub Inc, the biggest US online food-delivery service, rose as much as 57 per cent in its market debut as investors scrambled for a piece of the fast-growing consumer internet company. Lucas Jackson / Reuters
In pictures: The best business of the week to April 11, 2014
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