Women for Women International to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

ADVISORY, May 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Women for Women International, which helps women survivors of war to move from crisis and poverty, to stability and self-sufficiency through job training programs in eight countries across the world, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Ngozi Eze, Nigeria Country Director, Women for Women International will ring the Opening Bell. 

Where:

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

When:

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET  

Contact:

Amanda Strayer

(202) 595-1139

astrayer@womenforwomen.org

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jen Knapp

(212) 401-8916

Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:

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Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx.

Photos:

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About Women for Women International:

For nearly two decades Women for Women International has helped over 317,000 women survivors of war to move from crisis and poverty, to stability and self-sufficiency in eight countries around the world, including Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan, and the DR Congo. Women for Women International provides marginalized women access to job and business skills training, rights awareness, and health education, enabling them to rebuild their lives and become active citizens and leaders in their homes, communities, and countries.

About NASDAQ OMX:

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 US and Europe, we own and operate 24 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 99.999% 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 $5.1 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 (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500).

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