Event Profile
- NASDAQ Closing Bell
- July 8, 2009
- The Orphaned Starfish Foundation
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Representatives from The Orphaned Starfish Foundation preside over the closing bell.
About The Orphaned Starfish Foundation:
Founded in 2001, The Orphaned Starfish Foundation is dedicated to working with orphans and disadvantaged children throughout Latin America. Our goal is to foster lasting change in the lives of these children by giving them the opportunity to develop vocational skills that will enable them to overcome the cycle of poverty and abuse. The Foundation's programs address the poverty and challenges facing the children by providing them with technology training. The foundation funds the construction and operation of vocational training facilities, including funding for furnishings, required equipment, teacher salaries, job placement services, as well as scholarships for higher education. The programs contribute to the overall goal of improving the educational environment of the children so that they have the skills and self-confidence to continue their studies and thereby break the cycle of poverty for future generations. The foundation has funded and currently supports seventeen projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Panama. The foundation will hold its Fifth Annual Auction and Dinner Gala on October 22nd, 2009 at the Ritz Carlton in Battery Park, New York. For more information, visit www.orphanedstarfish.org.
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 over 3,900 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, including First North; and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs.
NASDAQ OMX Group 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 Group exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.
