Business week in pictures

Monday: A man walks past a Mini sign at the BMW car plant in Cowley, Oxford on the day 850 job losses were announced Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

Monday: Lloyds could be forced to write off a further swath of loans made by HBOS to hundreds of companies, after figures showed many of the loans are worth only a fraction of their original value Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty

Tuesday: Legal & General chief executive Tim Breedon revealed that the insurance company had reassessed the strength of its capital reserves and cash position on the basis of an economic downturn lasting until 2012 Photograph: David Devins/Newscast

Tuesday: Domino's Pizza announced it was hiring 1,500 new staff and had enjoyed a 15% rise in like-for-like sales in the first six weeks of this year Photograph: Rob Bodman/Reuters

Tuesday: The car and aircraft parts maker GKN said it was making more than 560 workers redundant in the UK Photograph: David Jones/PA

Tuesday: At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, plans were announced for a universal mobile phone charger Photograph: PR/PR

Tuesday: Alistair Darling's claim to have clamped down on executive bonuses at the Royal Bank of Scotland came under challenge Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Tuesday: Vice president Joe Biden stands behind President Barack Obama as he signs the economic stimulus bill at the Museum of Nature and Science in central Denver Photograph: Darin McGregor/AP

Wednesday: The criminal investigation into the business empire of the cricket tycoon Sir Allen Stanford led to panic in the Caribbean and Latin America and people lined up at Bank of Antigua branches to withdraw funds Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters

Thursday: The B&Q chain suffered a drop in sales of almost 6% and parent company Kingfisher admitted a 'big bounce' was unlikely even next year Photograph: Jason Alden/Newscast

Thursday: The world's biggest food group, Nestlé, forecast continuing growth in sales and earnings this year Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Thursday: C&C Group, the maker of Magners cider, announced it was cutting 120 jobs as part of an overhaul of its business Photograph: Frank Baron/Guardian

Thursday: Keith Ludeman, the chief executive of the Go-Ahead rail group, defended its fares after a study warned that Britain had the most expensive commuter network in Europe Keith Ludeman, the chief executive of Go-Ahead group, Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian

Friday: The Dow Jones index fell 1.2% to lowest level in six years which had a quick impact in London where the FTSE 100 index dipped below the psychologically important 4,000-mark Photograph: Frank Franklin II/AP

Friday: It was revealed that Damon Buffini, managing partner of private equity company Permira, gave staff dressing down and made them eat burgers after overhearing complaints about food at Michelin-starred restaurant Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA

Friday: The Swedish carmaker Saab heralded the imminent break-up of its US parent General Motors by filing for bankruptcy protection and applying to be spun off to new investors Photograph: Erik Abel/AP