This Week in New York Business
MONDAY
Markets are closed today in observance of Columbus Day.
The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University hosts a discussion on foreign aid, "What Use Is Aid?" Featuring economists William Easterly, Peter Singer, and Joseph Stiglitz, theeventbeginsat8p.m. inroom 501 of Schermerhorn Hall.
TUESDAY
Alcoa Inc. is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings.
The 92nd Street Y hosts a conversation between Robert Reich and R. Thomas Herman on "the New Super' Capitalism" at 8 p.m. The cost is $26.
The Barnes & Noble on Broadway at 82nd Street hosts a reading and book signing with John Bowe, author of "Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy," beginning at 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
The World Business Forum, a two-day event hosted by the Buxton Co., begins at Radio City Music Hall at 9 a.m. with a lecture by Alan Greenspan on the global economy. Carl Icahn will speak Thursday at 2:45 p.m. Visit wbfny.comfor a list of additional speakers.
A representative of Tiffany's will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in honor of its new location at 37 Wall St. The founding ceremony begins at 11 a.m. Free blue-andwhite cookies and coffee will be available, and street musicians will play "Moon River" in the area.
THURSDAY
The author of "The Lies About Money: Achieving Financial Security and True Wealth by Avoiding the Lies Others Tell Us and the Lies We Tell Ourselves," Ric Edelman, gives a seminar at the Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th St., beginning at 7 p.m. Registration is $25 a person or $40 a couple. Visit ricedelman.comfor more information.
FRIDAY
General Electric and the First Niagara Financial Group are scheduled to report their third-quarter earnings.
The Pace University Small Business Development Center offers an introductory workshop to QuickBooks and Basic Bookkeeping between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in room W-404 at 1 Pace Plaza. The cost is $149. Contact: sbdc@pace.edu.
vhendrickson@nysun.com
