Business week in pictures

Europe's leaders are claiming a victory in the eurozone crisis after agreeing new deals that slash Greek debt and increase the firepower of the main bailout fund to around €1 trillion (£872bn) Photograph: Benoit Doppagne/EPA

It has been running three years late, but on Wednesday in Hong Kong, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner arrived on schedule, touching down at the end of a maiden commercial flight that some believe will usher in a new era of fuel-efficient civil flight Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images

The wife of disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff says the couple tried to kill themselves after he admitted to his loved ones that he had stolen billions of dollars in the largest Ponzi scheme in history Photograph: Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images

More than 20,000 high street jobs have disappeared in the past year as the downturn in consumer spending sees desperate retailers cut posts, reduce part-time workers hours and in extreme cases close stores Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian

A ramp-up in production from the carbon-heavy tar sands of Canada has helped Shell double its third-quarter profits to more than $7bn (£4.4bn) and has triggered a major share buyback programme Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

BP is to raise a further $15bn (£9.4bn) by selling off assets ahead of a massive legal case over the Gulf of Mexico accident amid rising concern that the fines and liabilities could be higher than expected Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

As sales of £1m-plus homes in London hit their highest level since the 2007 housing peak, high-end estate agency Knight Frank, whose clients have included Kate Moss and Sven Goran-Eriksson, has reported bumper profits, while in France, auctioneers are reporting a surge in luxury property sales Photograph: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, the chairman and president of the embattled camera maker Olympus, is to step down following a two-week crisis triggered by the disclosure of multimillion-dollar fees paid to Cayman Islands-based advisers Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

Britain's controversial tax deal with the Swiss government will raise considerably less than claimed and may even cost the UK money, a tax campaign group has claimed. The UK's tax deal with Switzerland, along with a similar agreement struck by the Swiss government with Germany, effectively offers an amnesty for people who have illegally kept cash in Swiss banks without paying tax on the income Photograph: David Azia/AP

Luminar, Britain's biggest nightclub operator, is to call in administrators, after years of dire trading, casting doubt on the future of up to 2,700 jobs. The company, which operates 77 clubs is best known for its Oceana, Liquid and Lava & Ignite venues, has been hard hit as youth unemployment has climbed close to 1 million and its core student audience has been left to shoulder increasing loans and fees Photograph: UK City Images/Alamy

Carpetright, Britain's biggest floor covering retailer, has warned its profits will be towards the lower end of City expectations as homeowners continue to cut back spending on expensive home makeovers or hold out for bargain prices. Pictured: A police officer in front of a burnt out Carpetright shop in Tottenham in August Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Nintendo, the world's largest maker of video games, has forecast its first annual loss in at least three decades, as the yen reaches a postwar high and competition increases from mobile phone and online games Photograph: Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA