Hopeworks 'n Camden to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell


ADVISORY, Aug. 26, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Hopeworks 'n Camden, a nonprofit organization designed to empower inner-city Camden youth, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square.  

In honor of the occasion, Father Jeff Putthoff will ring the Closing Bell.

Where:

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

When:

Monday, August 29th, 2011 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET  

Contact:
Hopeworks 'n Camden
(856) 365-4673

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jen Knapp
(212) 401-8916
Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:

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Webcast:

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

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 Hopeworks 'n Camden:

Founded in 2000 by three local churches, Hopeworks is a nonprofit organization designed to empower inner-city Camden youth by offering learning opportunities, enhancing their self-esteem through real-world jobs, and teaching them to be successful and self-sufficient. Hopeworks' literacy program has produced tremendous results in improving the skills of the youth in the program, averaging an increase of 2.3 grade levels in reading and writing skills and 2.6 grade levels in math.

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 3,500 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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