UPDATE -- The New York Congressional Delegation to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, March 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

The New York Congressional Delegation, including Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, the first woman to chair the Joint Economic Committee, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square to ring the Opening Bell.  

Joining Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney will be Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Eliot Engel, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Michael Grimm, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Yvette Clarke.

Where:

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

When:

Monday, March 11, 2013 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET    

Contact:
Brice Peyre
(212) 860-0606
brice.peyre@mail.house.gov

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:

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 Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney:

First elected to Congress in 1992, Carolyn B. Maloney is recognized as a national leader with extensive accomplishments on financial services, national security, the economy, and women's issues. She is a senior member of both the House Financial Services Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Vice-Chair of the House Democrats' Steering and Policy Committee, and immediate past Chair of the Joint Economic Committee.

Her career has been a series of firsts. Maloney is the first woman to represent New York's 12th Congressional District; the first woman to represent New York City's 7th Council district (where she was the first woman to give birth while in office); and was the first woman to Chair the Joint Economic Committee, a House and Senate panel that examines and addresses the nation's most pressing economic issues.

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