Business week in pictures

Despite a series of senior church resignations, Occupy London protesters sought to move the media spotlight from St Paul's to the City, bankers, unaccountability and the anomalous Corporation of London Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The beginning of the week threw the euro bailout into a fresh crisis as Greek prime minister George Papandreou stunned fellow leaders with proposal that his country should hold referendum on landmark debt deal. This news threw the markets into turmoil. Later in the week the referendum was crushed after much political infighting. Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives at an European Union summit in Brussels Photograph: Eric Vidal/Reuters

In a press conference Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy says euro stability is more important than Greece, which will receive no more European bailout money until it decides whether it wants to stay in the eurozone Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images

The European Central Bank reacted to deepening fears of a long recession in the eurozone with a quarter-point cut in interest rates to 1.25% as boss Mario Draghi defies expectations Photograph: Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images

Repairs group HomeServe's value fell £450m over mis-selling fears as the company suspends sales operations for retraining after review reveals call centre does not meet required standards Photograph: Martin Norris Studio Photography/Alamy

MF Global filed for bankruptcy as the US-based futures broker became a casualty of the eurozone debt crisis after taking $6.3bn in bets on government bond prices Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

The deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, announces a regional growth fund that he says will create a 'snowball effect that creates hundreds of thousands of jobs' with a £950m second tranche of regional growth fund investment Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, right, talks to Graham Honeyman, Chief Executive of Sheffield Forgemasters Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

The classic car brand Chevrolet celebrated its 100th anniversary, surviving the financial travails of its parent, General Motors, competition from overseas and the economic crisis Photograph: General Motors/AP

New figures showed that the UK's GDP was stronger than expected. The economy grew by 0.5% in the third quarter – but a separate survey of the manufacturing sector suggested Britain could be in negative growth before the year end Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Time Warner raised its full-year earnings guidance after reporting that profits at its film division more than doubled in the third quarter thanks to the success of the final instalment in the Harry Potter franchise and hit shows such as The Bang Theory (pictured) Photograph: CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images

Oil prices remain surprisingly high, with Brent crude oil cruising at the historically high price of around $110 a barrel despite the threat of a double-dip recession Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

BT Vision became the fastest-growing pay-TV service in the UK, adding more customers in a quarter than BSkyB for the first time since launching more than four years ago Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Bloomberg News