Cooke Center for Learning and Development Chairman to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell


ADVISORY, May 16, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) --



 What:
 Lon Jacobs, General Counsel of News Corp. and Chairman of the Cooke
 Center for Learning and Development, will preside over the Closing
 Bell. Cooke Center for Learning and Development will celebrate their
 21st Anniversary Gala on May 21st at Cipriani on 42nd St.

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

 When:
 Monday, May 19 at 4:00 p.m. EDT

 Contacts:
 Nicole LaRosa
 Communications Manager
 Cooke Center for Learning and Development
 212.280.4473 ext. 31
 nlarosa@cookecenter.org

 Germaine Febles
 Senior Vice President
 Rubenstein Communications, Inc.
 212.843.8031
 gfebles@rubenstein.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 uplink IA-6 C-band/transponder 17. The downlink frequency is 4040 Vertical; Audio 6.2-6.8. The feed can also be found on Waterfront 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 Waterfront 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 hi-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 Cooke Center for Learning and Development:

Cooke is the largest private provider of inclusive special education services in New York City. Students learn among their general education peers in Cooke's partner schools and amidst the hustle and bustle of the law offices, construction firms and restaurants where they intern. This inclusive approach, along with a needs-blind admission policy, makes Cooke unique among private special education schools.

This year, Cooke is collaborating with more than 70 Head Start centers, preschools, and parochial and charter schools. In addition to providing direct instruction to more than 500 children in the Cooke Center Schools and programs, Cooke reaches more than 2,000 students each year through on-site teacher training in high poverty areas. Cooke students range in age from 3 to 21, come from every borough, and have a variety of disabilities that affect their cognitive, social and emotional development.


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