10x10 and Intel Corporation [INTC] to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell


ADVISORY, Oct. 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

10x10, a campaign to build worldwide support for girls' education, and Intel Corporation [INTC], a world leader in computing innovation, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square to celebrate International Day of the Girl.

In honor of the occasion, Holly Bourne, Global Campaign Manager, Girls' and Women's Empowerment, Intel, Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss, Director, Vulcan Productions, Tara Abrahams, Deputy Director, 10x10 will ring the Closing Bell.

Where:

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

When:

Thursday, October 11th, 2012 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET        

Contact:
Erin Allweiss
(917) 512-2118
10x10@groupsjr.com

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

Feed Information:
Fiber Line (Encompass Waterfront): 4463

Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West
18 mhz Lower
DL 3811 Vertical
FEC 3/4
SR 13.235
DR 18.295411
MOD 4:2:0
DVBS QPSK

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Webcast:

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About 10x10:

10x10 was founded by award-winning journalists at the Documentary Group and Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Productions, along with strategic partner, Intel Corporation. 10x10 is built on a foundation of partnerships with NGOs, corporations, policy makers, and grassroots organizations - all working to change minds, lives, and policy. 10x10's coalition of NGO partners include a high-impact network of champions and leaders in girls' education. These organizations provide life-changing services to girls every day, and are among the best practitioners of their kind. They include: Afghan Connection, A New Day Cambodia, CARE USA, UN Foundation's Girl Up, Partners in Health, Plan International USA, Pratham USA, Room to Read, and World Vision.

About Intel Corporation [INTC]:

Intel (Nasdaq:INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world's computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com.

About NASDAQ OMX Group

The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 25 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.99% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)

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