This Week in New York Business
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TODAY
• The Blackstone Group is scheduled to release its third-quarter earnings. The Prospect Capital Corp. is scheduled to release its first-quarter earnings.
• New York University’s Stern School of Business hosts a lecture titled “Global Issues in Campaign ’08: Prosperity or Protectionism? Jobs, Trade, and American Votes” between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Tisch Hall, 40 W. 4th St. Free. Contact: 212-998-0670.
TOMORROW
• ExlService Holdings, Fortress Investment Group, and the Quadra Realty Trust are scheduled to release third-quarter earnings.
• Business Network International sponsors a visitor’s breakfast at Opia Restaurant, 130 E. 57th St., between 7 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. The cost is $5. Contact: 212-249-3537.
• The Real Estate Board of New York holds its monthly breakfast club meeting to discuss “Explaining Real Estate Business to a Client,” between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the REBNY Mendik Center, 570 Lexington Ave. The event is free, but registration is required. For more information, visit rebny.com.
WEDNESDAY
• ACI Worldwide is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter earnings. October retail sales reports are to be released.
• The New York: Media Information Exchange Group presents a breakfast and panel discussion on “Cutting Edge Digital Media Trends” between 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. at SobelMedia’s World Headquarters, 4 W. 43rd St. The cost is $40. Contact: nymieg@gmail.com.
• Pace University’s Small Business Development Center hosts a “Business Planning for Success” seminar between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at 163 William St. Free. Contact: sbdc@pace.edu.
• The chairman of the Toyota Motor Corp. speaks on “Local Interaction and the Path Toward Global Success” at the Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St., between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. The cost for nonmembers is $15. Also at the Japan Society, Martha Stewart speaks about her career and “passion for making a home” at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20. Contact: register@japansociety.org.
THURSDAY
• The New York Society of Security Analysts hosts “Alternative Analysts’ Forum: Insights Into Activist Investing” at their offices at 1177 Sixth Ave. between 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The cost is $115. Contact: 646-871-3405.
• Magazine Publishers of America present an online consumer marketing conference at its offices at 810 Seventh Ave. between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. The cost is $25. Contact: afoxx@magazine.org.
• The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce holds a networking reception at Club 101, 101 Park Ave., between 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. The cost is $40 at the door. Contact: events@manhattancc.org.
FRIDAY
• AnnTaylor Stores is scheduled to release its third-quarter earnings.
• The founder of the Trimtab Management Systems, Steven Brant, speaks on “The Future of the Corporate Social Responsibility Movement” at the Penn Club, 30 W. 44th St. The cost is $195. Contact: 646-221-1933.