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This Week in New York Business

May 27, 2008

Today

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Borders is scheduled to release its first-quarter earnings.

The New York Public Library hosts an introduction to the library's investment resources for stocks and mutual funds at 6:15 p.m. at the Science, Industry, and Business Library at 188 Madison Ave. Also, tomorrow the library offers an introduction to bonds and bond mutual funds at 1:15 p.m. Both events are free. Contact: 212-592-7000

Tomorrow

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. is scheduled to release its fourth-quarter earnings.

The women's bureau of the Department of Labor presents "Women Wi Up About Your Finances" between 9 and 11 a.m. at P.S. 84 at 32 W. 92nd St. Free. Contact: 917-546-9104

The Foundation Center offers an introduction to the foundation directory online between 3 and 4 p.m. in the second floor computer lab of the New York Public Library at 79 Fifth Ave. Free. Please go to foundationcenter.org for more information.

CAMBA's Small Business Services offers a workshop on how to start a home-based business between 3 and 5:30 p.m. at 884 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn. Free. Contact: smallbiz@camba.org

The Municipal Art Society hosts "The Heart of the City: Grand Central Terminal & the Urban Railroad Station" between 6:30 and 8 p.m. at 457 Madison Ave. The cost is $15. Contact: 212-935-2075

The Tenement Museum Shop hosts a night of stories about first jobs in New York City, led by the spoken-word artistt H.R. Britton, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at 108 Orchard St. Free. Contact: 212-982-8420

Thursday

J. Crew Group is scheduled to release its first-quarter earnings.

The New York Public Library hosts a workshop, "How to Start Investing, Even If You Have Only $100," at 5:30 p.m. at the Science, Industry, and Business Library at 188 Madison Ave. Free. Contact: 212-592-7000

Friday

Tiffany & Co. is scheduled to release its first-quarter earnings.

Pace University's Small Business Development Center offers an introduction to QuickBooks and basic bookkeeping between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in room W-403 at 1 Pace Plaza. The cost is $149. Contact: sbdc@pace.edu

A panel discusses "Future Cities: Sustainable Solutions, Radical Designs" between 8 and 9:30 p.m. at New York University's Kimmel Center for University Life as part of the World Science Festival. Tickets are $25. Please go to worldsciencefestival.com for more information.

vhendrickson@nysun.com


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