ADVISORY, Jan. 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What:
Mentoring USA, a leading national provider of one-to-one site based mentoring programs to enable young people to realize their potential, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square.
In honor of National Mentoring Month, Mentoring USA, and its mentoring partners: Eagle Academy for Young Men-Newark and PS 154 Harlem will ring the Closing Bell.
Where:
NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio
When:
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
Contact:
Joe Poskin
(212) 400-8294
intern@helpusa.org
NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jen Knapp
(212) 401-8916
Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com
Feed Information:
*As of January 7, 2013 the Ceremony feeds will be in HD 1080i.
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Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West
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Webcast:
A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at:
http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx.
Photos:
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About Mentoring USA:
Mentoring USA is a leading national provider of one-to-one site based mentoring programs to enable young people to realize their potential. Mentoring USA's curriculum and mentor training is nationally recognized and includes not only a comprehensive anti-bullying program, but also diversity, anti-violence, financial literacy, arts, academic support and healthy lifestyles initiatives, including a tennis program in partnership with the USTA. Mentoring USA's program has a proven track record of success-100% of the students in Mentoring USA's school-based mentoring programs moved on to the next grade level last year and all students are expected to advance to the next grade level this year as well. Mentoring USA has provided mentors to over 5,000 children in need since it was founded in 1995, by first lady of New York Matilda Raffa Cuomo. The innovative nonprofit pairs youth across the country with inspirational adult mentors who guide them in developing better self-esteem, creating healthy relationships, and making positive life choices.
About NASDAQ OMX Group:
The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 23 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.99+% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)
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