Best business images of the week – in pictures

Spain's prime minister Mariano Rajoy takes his seat in parliament at the start of the annual state-of-the-nation debate in Madrid on February 24, 2015. Juan Medina / Reuters

A construction worker walks on scaffolding to renovate Wat Mai Phi Ren temple in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. Sakchai Lalit / AP Photo

Rescued cattle are seen at a goushala, or cow shelter, run by Bharatiya Gou Rakshan Parishad, an arm of the Hindu nationalist group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), at Aangaon village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on February 20, 2015. Hindu nationalists in India have stepped up attacks on the country's beef industry, seizing trucks with cattle bound for abattoirs and blockading meat processing plants in a bid to halt the trade in the world's second-biggest exporter. Shailesh Andrade / Reuters

Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen takes her seat to testify at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress" on Capitol Hill in Washington, on February 24, 2015. World shares held near record highs on Tuesday after Greece produced a list of proposed economic reforms, and the dollar rose on expectations Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen would signal the Fed was still moving towards raising interest rates. Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

A woman and her son are seen in their 60-square-foot sub-divided flat, with a monthly rent of HK$3,800 (US$487), in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is expected to unveil measures to support low-income families and boost the city's labour market in its annual budget on February 25, although an uncertain economic outlook makes bold new initiatives unlikely. Tyrone Siu / Reuters

The Petrobras logo is seen in a refinery in Cubatao on February 24, 2015. Moody's Investors Service stripped Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras of its investment grade rating on Tuesday and kept the firm on review for further downgrade, citing concerns over an ongoing corruption scandal and liquidity pressures. Paulo Whitaker / Reuters

Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung throws an object at Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang (not pictured) to demand a universal retirement protection scheme during the annual budget report at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on February 25, 2015. Hong Kong announced measures totalling HK$290 million ($37 million) on Wednesday to help businesses hit by more than two months of pro-democracy protests as the government seeks to rebuild confidence in the Asia financial centre. Tyrone Siu / Reuters

Commuters board suburban trains during the evening rush hour at Churchgate railway station in Mumbai on February 25, 2015. India will increase investment in its overloaded railway network to 8.5 trillion rupees ($137 billion) over the next five years, the government said on Thursday, promising to modernise existing tracks and introduce faster trains. Shailesh Andrade / Reuters

Oil pump jacks are seen next to a strawberry field in Oxnard, California on February 24, 2015. Crude oil futures fell on Tuesday as expectations that this week's reports will show US crude inventories rose again countered supportive news of Libyan oilfields being shut. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

An Indian labourer cuts iron rods at a construction site in Ahmadabad, India, on Monday, February 23, 2015. The government of Asia's third-largest economy was expected to present in Parliament the budget for the fiscal year ending March 2016. Ajit Solanki / AP Photo

A man walks past graffiti in Athens on February 25, 2015. Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Wednesday it had not been an easy decision for euro zone finance ministers to extend the Greek rescue plan by four months and much doubt remained about how credible Athens' latest reform commitments really were. Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters

Telefonica chairman and chief executive Cesar Alierta attends a news conference to present the 2014 results in Madrid, on February 25, 2015. Spain's Telefonica gave an upbeat forecast for sales growth over the next two years as it reported 2014 results hit by one-off factors such as a weaker Venezuelan currency and restructuring costs in Germany. Juan Medina / Reuters

A man with a smartphone riding on an escalator is reflected in a glass window at a business district in Tokyo on February 26, 2015. Japan Inc is under pressure to boost pay to keep a fragile economic recovery afloat, but even hefty wages increases from the biggest companies may prove to be a hollow victory for prime minister Shinzo Abe and the bulk of the country's workers. Yuya Shino / Reuters

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