Business week in pictures

After 73 years, the maker of Kodachrome film, Eastman Kodak, has announced it is withdrawing the film. Famous as the film used by Steve McCurry in 1985 to portray an Afghan girl with green eyes, recent years have seen a sharp decline in sales, according to the company Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

A pay deal for Stephen Hester, the Royal Bank of Scotland's chief executive, could reach £15m, provoking anger from unions, shareholders and politicians as the state-controlled bank reignited the public furore over boardroom pay Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

Virgin Atlantic boss Sir Richard Branson poses with model Kate Moss on a wing of a jumbo jet at Heathrow Airport as Virgin Atlantic celebrates its 25th birthday. His latest salvo in his ongoing spat with British Airways knocked the airline's share price after the Virgin tycoon spooked investors with a warning that his arch-rival could collapse Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives to give testimony about regulatory reform before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Staff at Goldman Sachs staff can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm's 140-year history after a spectacular first half of the year, sparking concern that the big investment banks which survived the credit crunch will derail financial regulation reform Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

5 gram gold bars at the plant of gold refiner and bar manufacturer Argor-Heraeus in southern Switzerland. Switzerland faces economic sanctions if it delays opening up its notoriously secretive banks to international scrutiny Photograph: Sebastian Derungs/AFP/Getty Images

A dog is carried in its owner's handbag in Beijing, China. The prospect of a few green shoots appears to be breathing life into the battered luxury sector with resurgent demand for the trappings of wealth from designer handbags and killer heels to yachts and sports cars Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

The new head of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, who is the grandson of the firm's founder, Kiichiro, said that the firm would tailor its products to specific markets rather than providing a full range of cars in every region Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters

The City of London viewed from Wimbledon. The deepest slump for six decades is drawing to a close as emergency policy measures and recovering financial markets boost growth prospects, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said, but it had less good news for the UK, revising down its growth estimate this year to -4.3% Photograph: David Levene

Woolworths, one of Britain's most famous retail names, is making a comeback as an online store selling everything from its trademark pick'n'mix sweets to Ladybird children's clothing Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Rex Features

The new chairman of BP Carl-Henric Svanberg, left, the outgoing chairman Peter Sutherland, centre, and the chief executive Tony Hayward. BP has surprised the City by turning to one of Sweden's top businessmen to replace departing chairman Peter Sutherland. Photograph: Stephen Hird/Reuters