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Thursday, 02-Oct-2003 7:50AM PDT
    
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Copyright 2003 by Market Wire (via ClariNet)

What:

Several "Ten Awards" winners along with Robert Johnston, President of The Executive Council of New York will join NASDAQ hosts Bob Greifeld, President and Chief Executive Officer and Bruce Aust, Executive Vice President to preside over the Market Open.


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The 20 "Ten Awards" finalists include:

- Joe Bartlett, VC Experts

- Shelby Bonnie, Cnet Networks, Inc.

- Gerald Cohen, Information Builders

- Jason Devitt, Vindigo

- Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T Labs

- Michael Gould, Bloomingdale's

- Donna Iucolano, e-Scholastic [SCHL]

- Sallie Krawcheck, Smith Barney

- Fred Langhammer, Estee Lauder

- Kumar Mahadeva, Cognizant [CTSH]

- Jim McCann, 1-800 Flowers [FLWS]

- Stephen Messer, LinkShare [LNKS]

- David Neeleman, JetBlue Airways [JBLU]

- Martin Nisenholtz, New York Times Digital

- Nick Nyhan, Dynamic Logic

- Richard Parsons, AOL Time Warner

- Alan Patricof, Apax Partners

- Jery Rao MphasiS BFL, Ltd.

- Kevin Ryan, DoubleClick [DCLK]
- Peter Weedfald, Samsung Electronics America

Where:

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

When:

Friday, October 3, 2003 at 9:30 a.m.

Why:

The NASDAQ Stock Market proudly welcomes winners of the first annual "Ten Awards" to the Market Open. The "Ten Awards" highlight those individuals in the greater New York business community who have through their innovation, significantly impacted their organization and industry -- whether it be financial services, information technology, media, publishing, telecom or retail. Out if the 20 finalists, 10 winners will be announced at the "Ten Awards" gala on the evening of October 2nd.

Feed Information:

The market open ceremony is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on Galaxy 4R C/transponder 20. The downlink frequency is 4100 vertical; audio: 6.2/6.8. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623. If you have any questions please contact the NASDAQ Traffic Department at (646) 441-5220.

Photos:

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

About The Executive Council of New York:

Originally established as New York eComm, The Executive Council is a non-profit organization that brings together New York's business community for the purposes of fostering knowledge-sharing and business networking in a professional environment. The Executive Council programs focus on critical business and leadership issues at the intersection of technology and business, with unique industry programs focusing on venture capital, security, and corporate governance, among others. Its initiatives and corporate members contribute to the economic prosperity of the region while fostering knowledge and information sharing, professional development and partnership opportunities for our members. The Executive Council Corporate Members range from AT&T, IBM and Microsoft to AOL TimeWarner, Citibank, and Merrill Lynch as well as many other large and emerging growth technology and financial services companies and major law and accounting firms. www.execcouncil.org

The Executive Council of New York:

Robert Johnston

212.213.1920
bobj@nyecomm.org

Dave Eldredge

646.495.5402
deldredge@thealliantgroup.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jennifer Brogle

646.441.5220
jennifer.brogle@nasdaq.com