The New Blue Riders Founding Members to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell


ADVISORY, July 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --


 What:
 The New Blue Riders, a newly formed art group, will visit the NASDAQ
 MarketSite in New York City's Times Square.

 In honor of the occasion, founding members Anton S. Kandinsky,
 Sophie Matisse, Laurance Rassin and David Noah Burliuk will preside
 over the Closing Bell.

 Where:
 NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio

 When:
 Friday, July 17th, 2009 at 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Tracy Memoli
 (212) 329-1436
 tmemoli@lakpr.com

 NASDAQ MarketSite:
 Robert Madden
 (646) 441-5045
 Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com

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 Robert Madden at (646) 441-5045.

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

Photos:

To obtain a high-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 New Blue Riders:

The New Blue Riders takes their name from the historic Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). Founding members of the art group include: Anton S. Kandinsky, Sophie Matisse, Laurance Rassin and David Noah Burliuk. Displaying inherited styles of artistic expression by Wassily Kandinsky, Henri Matisse, David Burliuk, these four leading New York-based artists merge their talents to create the group, The New Blue Riders. Illustrated in the members' art work you will see references of impressionism, expressionism, contemporary-expressionism, neo-fauvism and gemism.

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 over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group 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 ETFs. NASDAQ OMX Group 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 Group 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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