Per Scholas to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, Aug. 24, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Per Scholas, a national, nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City dedicated to providing individuals from low income urban communities the opportunity to reach their greatest potential through free technology career training, computer education and low cost computers, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square.

In honor of the occasion Greg Tusar, Per Scholas Goldman Sachs Partner will ring the Closing Bell.

Where:

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

When:

Thursday, August 25th, 2011 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

Contact:

Per Scholas

Anne Marie Agnelli

(917) 846-2794

annemarieagnelli@aol.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:

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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 Per Scholas:

Per Scholas is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing individuals from low income urban communities the opportunity to reach their greatest potential through free technology career training, education and low cost computers. Per Scholas is the largest nonprofit in New York City providing a free computer job training program to individuals ages 18-55 with classes for women and military veterans preparing them for a career in technology.

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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