This Week in New York Business

Today

The New York Public Library hosts a workshop called "Managing the Built Environment: Building Maintenance Sources & Services" beginning at 3 p.m. at the Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Ave. Free. Contact: 212-592-7000

The City Bar Center for Continuing Legal Education presents a seminar called "How Did That Building Get So Tall?" between 6 and 9 p.m. at the New York City Bar, 42 W. 44th St. The cost is $325. Contact: 212-382-6663

Tomorrow

The chief investment strategist at Standard & Poor's, Sam Stovall, speaks about getting positive performance from investments at the 92nd Street Y beginning at 8 p.m. The cost is $26. Please go to 92y.org for more details.

The New York Public Library hosts a lecture called "The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World" beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Ave. Free. Contact: 212-592-7000

The Executive Council hosts "Green IT — Getting Beyond the Hype" between 8 and 11 a.m. at the New York Yacht Club, 37 W. 44th St. The cost is $125. Contact: 212-404-6920

Wednesday

The New York Human Resources Planning Society hosts a discussion on developing new senior leaders, between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. on the 14th floor of Right Management, 330 Madison Ave. The cost is $50. Contact: info@nyhrps.org

The New York Public Library hosts a workshop called "The Six Ways Investors Ruin Their Finances and Strategies to Achieve Financial Success" beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Ave. Free. Contact: 212-592-7000

Thursday

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is scheduled to release its second-quarter earnings.

The chairman of Citigroup, Sir Winfried Bischoff, speaks at the Japan Society's 2008 annual dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt New York, 109 E. 42nd St. The host of "The Leonard Lopate Show," Leonard Lopate, and Senator Inouye, a Democrat of Hawaii, also will be at the dinner. Ticket prices vary. Contact: annualdinner@japansociety.org

The summer institute of the Columbia University Oral History Research Office presents a lecture by the author of "Globalization in Steel: The Evolution of Working-Class Culture and the ThyssenKrupp Strikes, 2004-2008," Alessandro Portelli, between 7 and 8:30 p.m. in 501 Schermerhorn Hall at Columbia University's Morningside Campus. Contact: 212-854-7083

Friday

Governor Paterson and Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber speak at the 10th annual Bronx Bankers Breakfast beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Marina Del Rey, 1 Marina Drive. The cost is $60. Contact: 718-590-4588

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