His Excellency Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, the Qatar Minister of Economy and Commerce, Joins National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and Mrs. Matilda Cuomo to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

What: 

A delegation from the State of Qatar, led by Qatar’s Minister of Economy and Commerce His Excellency Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, will join Dr. John Duke Anthony and the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations along with Mrs. Matilda Cuomo to visit to the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square to ring the Opening Bell on Friday, September 26, 2014.

Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, shares a robust economic, defense, cultural, and educational relationship with the United States. The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations is a Washington, DC-based non-profit, non-governmental, educational organization dedicated to improving American knowledge and understanding of the Arab world. Dr. John Duke Anthony is the Founding President & CEO of the National Council. The delegation will be joined by the former First Lady of New York State and longtime advocate on behalf of women, children and families, Mrs. Matilda Cuomo, to ring the Opening Bell.

Where:

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

When:

Friday, September 26, 2014 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET

Contacts:

National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Contact:
Pat Mancino
(202) 293-6466
pat@ncusar.org

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Christine Barna
(646) 441-5310
Christine.Barna@nasdaqomx.com

Follow the Ceremony:

A webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: 
https://new.livestream.com/nasdaq/live or 
http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx

For multimedia features such as exclusive content, photo postings, status updates and video of bell ceremonies visit NASDAQ’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ.

For photos from ceremonies and events visit NASDAQ’s Instagram Page: http://instagram.com/nasdaq.

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, go tohttp://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the date of your choice.

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About The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations:

Founded in 1983, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) is an American non-profit, non-governmental, educational organization dedicated to improving American knowledge and understanding of the Arab countries, the Mideast, and the Islamic world. Its means for doing so encompass but are not limited to programs for leadership development, people-to-people exchanges, lectures, publications, an annual Arab-U.S. policymakers conference, and the participation of American students and faculty in Arab world study experiences. The National Council’s vision is a relationship between the United States and its Arab partners, friends, and allies that rests on as solid and enduring a foundation as possible. To learn more, visit www.ncusar.org.

About NASDAQ OMX Group:

NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading provider of trading, exchange technology, information and public company services across six continents. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, NASDAQ OMX enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today’s global capital markets. As the creator of the world’s first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 70 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world’s securities transactions. NASDAQ OMX is home to more than 3,400 listed companies with a market value of over $8.5 trillion and more than 10,000 corporate clients. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com.