This Week in New York Business
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TODAY
• The Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation is scheduled to release its third-quarter earnings.
• View proposals for the West Side Rail Yards in the Great Hall at Cooper Union, 7 E. 7th St., between 6 and 8:30 p.m. Free. Contact: 212-358-6126. Proposals are also on view in an exhibition presented by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority at 335 Madison Ave. through December 14.
TOMORROW
• The Financial Federal Corporation is scheduled to release its first-quarter earnings.
• The author of “A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World’s Greatest Market,” Jim Rogers, discusses his book at Barnes & Noble at 555 Fifth Ave. beginning at 6:30 p.m. Free.
WEDNESDAY
• Comverse Technology is scheduled to release its third-quarter earnings.
• The editor in chief of Cosmopolitan, Kate White, presents “A Gutsy Woman’s Career Guide” beginning at 7 p.m. at the 92nd Street Y. Tickets are $25 and are available at 92y.org.
• The Economist and Corporate Board Member magazines present a two-day event, “General Counsel Roundtable: The GC’s Mandate — Leadership and Accountability” at the Harmonie Club at 4 E. 60th St. The conference begins with a 6 p.m. dinner. The cost is $1,395.
• Marking the release of “Jim Cramer’s Stay Mad for Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich (Make Your Kids Even Richer),” Mr. Cramer speaks at Barnes & Noble at Union Square at 7 p.m. Free.
THURSDAY
• Advertising Women of New York presents a breakfast panel, “Passionaries Unite: Insights Out Media — Integration in a Changing Marketplace,” between 7:45 and 9:30 a.m. at the New York Hilton Hotel & Towers at 1335 Sixth Ave. Tickets are $125. Contact: 212-221-7969.
• The Harriman Institute and the Center for Transition Economies present a discussion with the director of a Moscow-based research organization, the Institute for the Economy in Transition, Yegor Gaidar, on his book, “Collapse of an Empire,” and the Gladys and Roland Harriman professor of comparative economic systems at Columbia University, Padma Desai, between 6 and 8 p.m. at the Faculty House at 400 W. 117th St. Free. Contact: ar2052@ columbia.edu.
SATURDAY
• Workshop in Business Opportunities hosts a financing fair between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Bank of New York at 101 Barclay St. Free. Contact: 212-684-0854.
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