This Week in New York Business

TODAY

• The Financial Federal Corporation is scheduled to report its second-quarter earnings.

• The Institute for Supply Management is scheduled to release its manufacturing index.

• The Columbia Alumni Association and Columbia University Partnership for International Development present a lecture by economist Jeffrey Sachs called "Crossing Borders, Crossing Disciplines" between 6:30 and 9 p.m. at the Columbia University Club of New York, 15 W. 43rd St. Free. Contact: ebm23@columbia.edu

• The executive director and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, Elliot Sander, lectures on the state of the authority beginning at 10 a.m. in the Great Hall of the Cooper Union, 7 E. 7th St. Free. Please go to cooper.edu for more information.

TOMORROW

• The Association of Real Estate Women hosts a luncheon called "Grappling with Growth — New York City's Universities and their Real Estate Needs" between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Club 101, 101 Park Ave. $110. Please go to arew.org for details.

• The New York Public Library hosts a workshop called "Listening: The Key to Effective Selling" with the president of Roni Abrams Associates, Roni Abrams, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Science, Industry, and Business Library at 188 Madison Ave. Free. Contact: 212-592-7000

• CAMBA Small Business Services offers a seminar on how to repair your credit between 3 and 5:30 p.m. at its offices at 884 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn. Free. Contact: smallbiz@camba.org

WEDNESDAY

• Saks Inc. is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter earnings.

• The Beige Book, a report on economic conditions, is scheduled to be released.

• The Institute for Supply Management is scheduled to release its non-manufacturing index.

• The Small Business Development Center at Lehman College presents a workshop called "First Steps in Developing Your Business Idea Into a Business Plan" between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Lehman College, 2501 Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Free. 718-960-8806

• The author of 'American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work,' Nick Taylor, speaks at Barnes &
Noble Booksellers beginning at 7 p.m. at 2289 Broadway. Free. 212-362-8835

THURSDAY

• The Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality presents a lecture called "The Structure of Income Dynamics in Advanced Economics" between 2 and 4 p.m. in room 801 in the International Affairs Building at Columbia University. Free. Contact: tad61@columbia.edu

FRIDAY

• The New York Wine Expo, a three-day trade and consumer wine event, begins at the Jacob K. Javits Center. Prices vary. Please go to wine-expos.com/wine/ny for details.

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