Max Stone, a Managing Director of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., a member of the D. E. Shaw group,
Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

Tuesday, August 15, 2006
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.

Max Stone, a Managing Director of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., a member of the D. E. Shaw group, presides over the Closing bell.

The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm. Since its organization in 1988, the firm has earned an international reputation for financial innovation, technological leadership, and the exceptional caliber of its staff. Headquartered in New York, the D. E. Shaw group encompasses a number of closely related entities with over US$20 billion in aggregate capital. The firm's activities range from the deployment of both quantitative and qualitative investment strategies to the development and financing of technology-oriented business ventures.
The D. E. Shaw group has over 800 employees worldwide, including a disproportionate number of the world's leading computer scientists, mathematicians, system architects, and financial engineers.

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