American Corporate Partners Chairman and Founder to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, Aug. 18, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Representatives from American Corporate Partners will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square.

In honor of the occasion,Sidney E. Goodfriend, Chairman & Founder of American Corporate Partners will ring the NASDAQ Opening Bell.

Where:

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

When:

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 from 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET    

Contact:

American Corporate Partners
Erin McNamara
(212) 752-0700
emcnamara@acp-usa.org

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.

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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 American Corporate Partners:

American Corporate Partners is a nationwide mentoring program dedicated to helping veterans transition from the armed services to the private sector through career counseling and networking with professionals from some of America's finest corporations and select universities.

ACP Participating Institutions include: Bloomberg, Campbell Soup, Deloitte LLP, Energy Future Holdings, General Dynamics, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Harvard University, Home Depot, IBM Corporation, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Liberty Mutual, MacAndrews & Forbes, Morgan Stanley, News Corporation, Omnicom, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, The University of Oklahoma, The University of Texas System, URS Corporation, and Verizon.  

ACP's mission is to support and facilitate veterans' transitions to the civilian workforce while simultaneously strengthening the network between Corporate America and those who have served in the military. To date, 250 veterans are alumni of the ACP mentoring program, and over 800 veterans are currently matched with corporate Mentors nationwide. If you are a recent veteran, please consider applying at www.acp-usa.org. If your corporation would like to learn more about joining ACP, please email info@acp-usa.org or visit www.acp-usa.org.

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/nasdaqomx) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx).

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