CEO and President of Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO) Magazine to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell


ADVISORY, March 18, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --



 What:
 Elliot Clark, CEO, and Jay Whitehead, President, of Corporate
 Responsibility Officer (CRO) Magazine will preside over the closing
 bell to celebrate CRO Magazine's 10th Annual 100 Best Corporate
 Citizens List, which includes many NASDAQ companies.

 Where:
 NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio

 When:
 Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at 3:45 - 4:00 p.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Maureen McCabe
 732-476-6160 ext 100
 mmccabe@crossingmedia.com

 NASDAQ MarketSite:
 Jolene Libretto; 646.441.5220; mobile - 347.219.9539
 Jolene.Libretto@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 Jolene Libretto at (646) 441-5220.

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 high-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 CRO Magazine and Crossing Media:

Founded by CEO Elliot Clark in 2006, Crossing Media's 9-box business model serves 3 multi-billion dollar B2B markets -- HRO, CRO and FAO -- with 3 media types -- Content, Conferences and Communities. Crossing Media publishes HRO Today, HRO Europe, CRO and FAO Today magazines and www.thecro.com, www.hrotoday.com, www.hroeurope.com and www.faotoday.com websites, produces events including the CRO Summits, HRO Summit Europe, HROA Gala and FAO Summits and through its SharedXpertise.org unit manages the HRO Association, CRO Association, and FAO Association. More at www.crossingmedia.com.

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 3,800 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, 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 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.

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