U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Athletes to Ring NASDAQ Stock Market Bell Nov. 6
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - Olympic snowboardcross gold medalist Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, ME) along with Paralympian Ralph Green (Vail, CO/Brooklyn, NY) and freestyle skiing World Cup winner Shelly Robertson (Reno, NV) will preside over the Closing Bell Thursday, Nov. 6. The U.S. athletes, who are aiming to compete at the 2010 Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, will ring the Bell in recognition of the sponsors and donors that support the Team many of which will be attending the Team’s annual Ski and Snowboard Ball at the Hammerstein Ballroom Thursday evening. A few of the U.S. Ski Team/U.S. Snowboarding Sponsors traded on NASDAQ include:
·Charles Schwab (SCHW), official brokerage firm of the Team
·X Box 360 by Microsoft (MSFT), official video gaming partner of the Team
·Yahoo! (YHOO), official internet services of the Team
· Sorel boots by Columbia (COLM), official lifestyle boot of U.S. Snowboarding
WHERE: NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio WHEN: Thursday, October 6, 2008 at 3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
ET FEED INFORMATION:
The Closing Bell is available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on AMC-3/C-3 (ul 5985V; dl 3760H). 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 Closing Bell is also available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.
WEBCAST:
A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx
ABOUT THE U.S. SKI TEAM AND U.S. SNOWBOARDING: The U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding are governed by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, the national Olympic organization for skiing and snowboarding. The century old organization manages year-round nationwide development and elite programs, including the national teams, in six distinctly different Olympic sports: alpine, cross country, freestyle, nordic combined, ski jumping and snowboarding, as well as two Paralympic sports - disabled alpine and disabled cross country. USSA is based in Park City, Utah. For more information about the Teams, visit www.usskiteam.com.
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, and with over 3,900 companies, it is number one in worldwide listings among major markets. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; the OMX Nordic Exchange, including First North; and the 144A PORTAL Market. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 60 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. OMX Nordic Exchange is not a legal entity but describes 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/
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