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Boxers Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, Oct. 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
/ Source: GlobeNewswire

ADVISORY, Oct. 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What: 

Former Two-Division World Champion and Future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins and WBC and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Champion Jean Pascal will visit NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square and preside over the NASDAQ Closing Bell to promote their upcoming world championship fight on SHOWTIME® Saturday, December 18th at 10 p.m. (ET) live from the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada.

The event is co-promoted by Group Yvon Michel Inc. and Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Casino Montreal and Quebec City Tourism.    

Where:

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

When:

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 3:50 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. ET        

*At 4:10 p.m., both boxers will pose in front of the NASDAQ MarketSite Tower in Times Square for a photo-op.

Contacts:           

Kelly Swanson
(202) 783-5500 
kswanson@swansonpr.com   

Jeremy Silkowitz
(202) 641-8801
jsilkowitz@swansonpr.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jolene Libretto
(646) 441-5220
Jolene.Libretto@NASDAQOMX.com

Feed Information:

The Closing Bell feed is available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. ET on AMC-3/C-3 (ul 5985V; dl 3760H). The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jolene Libretto (646) 441-5220.

Radio Feed:

An audio transmission of the Closing Bell feed is also available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. ET on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.

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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:

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 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 3,600 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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