ADVISORY, June 4, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Who:
Tommy Lasorda – Baseball Hall of Famer
Frank Robinson – Baseball Hall of Famer
Billy Williams – Baseball Hall of Famer
Ike Davis – New York Mets First Baseman; 1st Round Pick, 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft
Jimmie Lee Solomon – Executive Vice President, Baseball Operations, Major League Baseball
What:
Baseball Hall of Famers, MLB Executive Vice President, and First Baseman for the New York Mets/2008 1st Round Pick will preside over the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell on the day of the MLB First-Year Player Draft. The MLB First-Year Player Draft will air on MLB Network at 7 p.m. ET live from MLB Network's Studio 42 in Secaucus, NJ.
Where:
NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio
When:
Monday, June 7, 2010 at 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET
Contact:
Major League Baseball:
Matt Bourne
(212) 931-7882
Matt.Bourne@mlb.com
NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jolene Libretto
(646) 441-5220
Jolene.Libretto@NASDAQOMX.com
Feed Information:
The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on Galaxy 19 C/15, downlink frequency 4000 vertical. 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 Opening Bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.
Facebook and Twitter:
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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:
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.
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 3,600 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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