ADVISORY, Dec. 16, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What: Richard Rodman, Founder and Chairman of The Mentor Fund, will preside over the Closing Bell. Where: NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio When: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 3:45 - 4:00 p.m. ET Contacts: Alison Stewart (917) 749-6039 Alison@sprynet.com NASDAQ MarketSite: Robert Madden (646) 441-5045 Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com
Feed Information:
The Closing Bell is available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. 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 Robert Madden at (646) 441-5045.
Radio Feed:
An audio transmission of the Closing Bell is also available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.
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 The Mentor Fund:
Unlike traditional loans, unlike traditional charity, and even a step further than today's micro-finance movement, The Mentor Fund, Inc., a new 501(c)3 non-profit charity, seeks to meet a yet uncovered and untapped need in the United States. Founded by entrepreneur, financial expert & author Richard Rodman, The Mentor Fund will reach out to find the poverty-stricken who are currently unserved, reach out to find the humanitarian and bring them together one-on-one. Working with Veterans, ex-offenders, the disabled, the poor, and the unbanked, the Mentor Fund will offer uncollateralized small business loans along with one-on-one mentoring. Our recipients will become micro-business owners experiencing individual self-sufficiency, personal growth and increased incomes. An improved economic state can often result in greater self-esteem, an enhanced family dynamic, decreased levels of crime, less domestic abuse and improved children's school performance & marital stability. The Mentor Fund, Inc. believes that financial independence along with skills growth allows participants to develop the habits and beliefs consistent with the mainstream middle-class. The Mentor Fund, Inc. believes that providing financial independence and skills growth will lessen the need for entitlement and social programs, and in turn trickle up to tax relief for everyone, improve community economics, sustain poverty reduction and improve community economics. In addition, because these loans will be repaid to The Mentor Fund with interest, the organization stands to be a uniquely self-sustaining non-profit organization.
To contact The Mentor Fund, please visit www.thementorfund.org or call Valerie Jones, Executive Director, at 212.217.2568.
About NASDAQ OMX Group:
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.