CNBC's "Billion Dollar Buyer" to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, March 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:
CNBC's "Billion Dollar Buyer" will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. On CNBC's new primetime series, Billionaire hospitality mogul Tilman J. Fertitta can make small businesses big with just one life-changing order. Fertitta will travel the country to meet twelve potential suppliers─ and decide if they have what it takes to partner with his empire. "Billion Dollar Buyer" premieres on Tuesday, March 22 at 10pm ET/PT.

In honor of the occasion, Tilman J. Fertitta, star of the show, will ring the Closing Bell. 

CNBC is a division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation CMCSA.

Where:
Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43^rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

CNBC Media Contact:
Beth Goldman
(201) 735-4724
Beth.goldman@nbcuni.com

Nasdaq MarketSite:
Emily Pan
(646) 441-5120
emily.pan@nasdaq.com

Feed Information:
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Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West
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DL 3811 Vertical
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DR 18.295411
MOD 4:2:0
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Webcast:
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About CNBC
With CNBC in the U.S., CNBC in Asia Pacific, CNBC in Europe, Middle East and Africa, CNBC World and CNBC HD , CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news and provides real-time financial market coverage and business information to approximately 385 million homes worldwide, including more than 95 million households in the United States and Canada. CNBC also provides daily business updates to 400 million households across China. The network's 15 live hours a day of business programming in North America (weekdays from 4:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC at night features a mix of new reality programming, CNBC's highly successful series produced exclusively for CNBC and a number of distinctive in-house documentaries.

CNBC also has a vast portfolio of digital products which deliver real-time financial market news and information across a variety of platforms. These include CNBC.com, the online destination for global business; CNBC PRO, the premium, integrated desktop/mobile service that provides real-time global market data and live access to CNBC global programming; and a suite of CNBC Mobile products including the CNBC Real-Time iPhone and iPad Apps.

Members of the media can receive more information about CNBC and its programming on the NBC Universal Media Village Web site at http://www.nbcumv.com/programming/cnbc.

CNBC is a division of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. For more corporate information, visit www.nbcuniversal.com.

About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation CMCSA is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.

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