This Week in New York Business
April 7, 2008
TODAY
Alcoa Inc. is scheduled to release its first-quarter earnings.
Camba Small Business Services offers an open house on taking care of business between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at 884 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn. Free. Contact: smallbiz@camba.org
The Learning Annex hosts a seminar with hotelier Ian Schrager between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at 48 W. 37th St. The cost is $39. Contact: 212-371-0280
TOMORROW
The Federal Reserve Bank is scheduled to release the minutes from its March 18 meeting, when it lowered the key interest rate to 2.25%.
The 92nd Street Y presents a panel on value investing beginning at 8 p.m. The cost is $26. Visit 92y.org for more information.
The Fashion Institute of Technology hosts a workshop on green packaging between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. at Seventh Avenue at 27th Street. The cost is $25. Contact: christine_helm@fitnyc.edu
WEDNESDAY
New York Investment Meetup offers a seminar, "Bear Stearns' Collapse and What It Means for Your Investments," between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at 1290 Sixth Ave. The cost is $5. Contact: nyinvestingmeetup@yahoo.com
Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International hosts a roundtable for hospitality managers to assess the state of travel and tourism in New York City between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Tavern on the Green, in Central Park at 67th Street. The cost is $85. Contact: kastapleton@earthlink.net
The author of 'Ramparts of Resistance: Why Workers Lost Their Power and How to Get It Back,' Sheila Cohen, will discuss her book beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Science, Industry, and Business Library, 188 Madison Ave. Free. Contact: 212-592-7000
THURSDAY
The New York Building Congress presents a forum with the administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation, James Simpson, beginning at 8 a.m. at the Hilton New York at 1335 Sixth Ave. The cost is $85. Contact: 212-481-9230
The New York Alumni Chapter of the Kelley School of Business presents "Rock Your Marketing: A Punk Approach" between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the Broadway Ballroom of the Westin Times Square, 270 W. 43rd St. The cost is $25. Contact: 812-855-6340
FRIDAY
General Electric Co. is scheduled to release its first-quarter earnings.
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