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The National Society of High School Scholars Foundation Chairman & Founder to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, June 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

The National Society of High School Scholars Foundation will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Mr. Claes Nobel, Chairman & Founder, will ring the Closing Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43^rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Friday, June 17^th, 2011 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET       

Contact:
Carmen L. Cruz
(404) 408-2103
clcruz@effectivemediagroup.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jen Knapp
(212) 401-8916
Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:

The entire Closing Bell is available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on AMC-3/C-3 (dl 3760H). The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jen Knapp (212) 401-8916.

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx or http://social.nasdaqomx.com.

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Close, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market close of your choice.                          

About The National Society of High School Scholars Foundation:

The National Society of High School Scholars Foundation supports education in the form of scholarships, including scholarships for underrepresented minorities who express interest in STEM career majors -- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Claes Nobel, a senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prizes, established the Foundation. NSHSSF recognizes the need to produce more graduates with knowledge and skills in the STEM disciplines in order to meet the competitive challenges of the technology-driven global economy of the 21st century.

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653)"> and Twitter http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx)">. 

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