NASDAQ Opening Bell For Friday, Sept. 3rd, 2010 From 9:15 to 9:30 AM ET Paul Davis, Chief Executive Officer of Coinstar, Inc. (CSTR), will visit NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square and preside over the NASDAQ Opening Bell. Coinstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSTR) is a leading provider of automated retail solutions offering convenient services that make life easier for consumers and drive incremental traffic and revenue for retailers. The company's core automated retail businesses include the well- known redbox(R) self-service DVD rental and Coinstar(R) self-service coin-counting brands. The company has approximately 26,900 DVD kiosks and 19,000 coin-counting kiosks in supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchants, financial institutions, convenience stores, and restaurants. For more information, visit www.coinstar.com.
NASDAQ Closin Bell For Friday, Sept. 3rd, 2010 From 3:45 to 4:00 PM ET
Ellen Kratzer Rose, Director of USA for UNHCR, will visit NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square and preside over the NASDAQ Closing Bell. The United States Association for UNHCR raises awareness and funds to support the UN Refugee Agency's humanitarian work around the world. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, a two-time Nobel Peace Prize winner provides shelter, medical care and other life-saving assistance to more than 36 million people worldwide, who have been forced to flee their homes due to war and persecution. It operates schools for millions of refugee children, vocational training for adults, clinics to offer physical and psychological aid to victims of violence and does much more to help people who have lost so much to begin again.
In Pakistan, where millions have lost their homes, their businesses and all possessions to flooding, UNHCR is playing a leading role in protection and emergency relief.
See www.UNrefugees.org for more information about UNHCR and its work in Pakistan and worldwide.
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