This Week in New York Business
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Today
• Verizon Communications is scheduled to report its first-quarter earnings. Visa is scheduled to report its second-quarter earnings.
• The Columbia Program on International Investment hosts a two-day conference, “Thinking Outward: Global Players from Emerging Markets,” with speakers from Brazil, China, India, and Russia. The conference is in Lerner Hall and is free. Contact: CPII@law.columbia.edu
• Columbia also presents a book signing with the author of “Commonwealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet” and the director of the Earth Institute, Jeffrey Sachs, with an introduction by Columbia’s president, Lee Bollinger, between 6 and 7:30 p.m. at the Miller Theater. Free. Register for this event at earth.columbia.edu/calendar.
Tomorrow
• Avon, Countrywide Financial Corporation, Liz Claiborne, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and McGraw-Hill Companies are scheduled to report their first-quarter earnings.
• The New York Public Library offers a seminar on “Companies & Contacts: Creating Customized Lists” beginning at 4:15 p.m. at the Science, Industry, and Business Library at 188 Madison Ave. Free. Contact: 212-592-7000
Wednesday
• General Motors, Jones Apparel Group, and Time Warner Inc. are scheduled to report their first-quarter earnings.
• Advertising Women of New York hosts the Changing the Game awards, recognizing women innovators in business, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the New York Hilton Hotel & Towers at 1335 Sixth Ave. Prices vary. Contact: 212-221-7969
• The New York Public Library offers an illustrated lecture on the art and engineering of Central Park’s bridges beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Science, Industry, and Business Library at 188 Madison Ave. Free. Contact: 212-592-7000
• The New School’s Center for New York City Affairs presents a lecture on “Maintaining Momentum: Can New York’s Ambitious Development Agenda Survive an Economic Downturn?” between 9:45 a.m. and noon at the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 W. 13th St. Contact: 212-229-5418
Thursday
• Exxon Mobil Corp. and MetLife are scheduled to report their first-quarter earnings.
• The Japan Society offers a conference on “Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Political Risk of Financial Opportunity” beginning at 9:30 a.m. at 333 E. 47th St. The cost is $15. Contact: 212-832-1155
Friday
• Consolidated Edison is scheduled to report its first-quarter earnings.
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