$1 million NASDAQ donation funds new DOT emergency response boat.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-20 March 2006-NASDAQ: $1 million NASDAQ donation funds new DOT emergency response boat(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17032006 New York - The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) today along with The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. announced the awarding of a contract for a new high speed utility boat for the City of New York.

The NASDAQ Disaster Relief Fund, Inc. donated $1 million to the city for the purchase of a small boat which could respond to emergency situations in and around lower Manhattan. Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in Somerset, Massachusetts will be building the vessel which should be ready for delivery in the spring of 2007. "The addition of this boat to the DOT fleet will provide a crucial link in the city's...