Maxcor and Euro Brokers to Hold Third Annual Charity Day April 19 with `Coach K' of Duke Men's Basketball.Business Editors/Assignment Desks NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2004 Maxcor Financial Group Inc. (Nasdaq:MAXF): -- Coach Krzyzewski to Be in Firm's New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Offices to Take Customer Calls -- 100% of day's brokerage revenues will go to the Maxcor Foundation and the Euro Brokers 9/11 Relief Fund -- Maxcor Foundation to benefit Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation; Columbia University Medical Center Columbia University Medical Center is the name of the medical complex associated with Columbia University, and covers several blocks (primarily between 165th and 168th Streets from the Henry Hudson Parkway to Audubon Avenue) in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. ; The Royal Marsden Hospital Cancer Campaign (London); and Duke's Fuqua/Coach K Center of Leadership & Ethics -- Euro Brokers Relief Fund continues to support families of September 11th victims Maxcor Financial Group Inc. (Nasdaq:MAXF) will hold its third annual "Maxcor/Euro Brokers Charity Day" on Monday, April 19. One hundred percent of the brokerage revenues generated by the firm's New York, London, Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi and Stamford offices on that day will be donated to the firm's Maxcor Foundation and its Euro Brokers 9/11 Relief Fund. In prior years, Maxcor/Euro Brokers Charity Days have raised a total of more than $2 million. Encouraging this year's fund-raising efforts is legendary Coach Mike Krzyzewski Michael William Krzyzewski (ʃəʃɛfˈskiˌ; in American English transliteration "shuh-shef-skee"; born February 13, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois), often referred to as Coach "K" of the Duke men's basketball team, fresh off this year's NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four appearance. On April 19, Coach K will be in Maxcor and Euro Brokers' New York offices, answering the phones and talking with clients who call in to support Charity Day by executing their trades through the firm. (Note: the media are invited to attend.) Coach K is also lending his support to the event through a video being sent to clients this week in which he invites them to call in on April 19. The video can be previewed on Maxcor's web site at www.maxf.com/charityday. Joining Coach K in the firm's offices will be Dean Douglas T. Breeden of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business The Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Fuqua (pronounced few-qua) is one of the youngest U.S. business schools affiliated with elite research universities, but has shown strong performance in rankings by business . This year the Maxcor Foundation has elected to add the Fuqua/Coach K Center of Leadership & Ethics to the organizations it supports. Said Gilbert Scharf, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Maxcor, "We cannot say enough about the important work the center is doing in educating tomorrow's business leaders. Ethical leadership is the hallmark of Coach K and Dean Breeden, and it will be an honor for us to have them in our offices helping our Charity Day efforts." The Maxcor Foundation was established to recognize and support organizations that benefit the various communities in which the firm and its employees operate. In addition to the center, funds raised by the Maxcor Foundation from this year's Charity Day will go to: The Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, Inc.; Columbia University Medical Center; and The Royal Marsden Hospital in London. The first two of these organizations were also recipients of grants from the Maxcor Foundation following last year's Charity Day. The Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, Inc. (www.mc-lef.org) is committed to providing scholarship funding for the children of U.S. Marines and Federal law enforcement agents who are killed in the line of duty In the Line of Duty may refer to:
The Columbia University Medical Center (http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu) is the pre-eminent medical educational institution in the New York tri-state area There are a number of places in the United States known as tri-state areas where three states or holdings meet at one point (a tripoint), or in proximity to each other. The two most well-known are for the New York and Chicago metropolitan areas. , and the center for some of the most important medical research and teaching in the world. The Maxcor Foundation contribution is helping fund clinical and research programs in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, focused on treating pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. and adolescent obesity and defining the ways that obesity leads to diabetes. It is also endowing a research scholarship in the Division of Rheumatology rheumatology /rheu·ma·tol·o·gy/ (-tol´ah-je) the branch of medicine dealing with rheumatic disorders, their causes, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, etc. rheu·ma·tol·o·gy n. , which investigates and treats various arthritis and related conditions, such as lupus lupus (l  `pəs), noninfectious chronic disease in which antibodies in an individual's immune system attack the body's own substances. and
other auto-immune diseases.
The Royal Marsden Hospital in London (www.royalmarsden.org/home.asp) is Europe's largest comprehensive cancer center, with more than 30,000 patients treated annually. In addition to providing extensive inpatient, day-care and outpatient facilities for all types of cancer, The Royal Marsden has one of the largest centers in the U.K. for children with cancer. The Maxcor Foundation contribution will be earmarked to help The Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign complete the purchase of a GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 2 million combined PET/CT PET/CT Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography scanner, the latest specialized diagnostic tool for achieving early detection and treatment of cancer. As was the case with past Charity Days, this year's Charity Day will also provide continued support to The Euro Brokers Relief Fund (http://relief.ebi.com). The Relief Fund was established immediately after September 11th to provide financial assistance to the families and financial dependents -- including 88 children -- of the firm's 61 employees who were victims of the terrorist attacks on The World Trade Center. Maxcor and Euro Brokers' offices were formerly located on the 84th Floor of Tower Two. To date, the Relief Fund, a 501(c)(3)-qualified public charity, has distributed or committed to distribute funds in excess of $2.5 million. The Fuqua/Coach K Center of Leadership & Ethics advances leadership and ethics through research and education. Established by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, the center strives to influence the way students, academics, corporations, governments and non-profits think about and practice business leadership and ethics in the 21st century. The center's activities include supporting academic research, developing leadership electives for MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration students, sponsoring leadership conferences and offering cutting-edge executive education. The Maxcor Foundation contribution will fund an executive-in-residence on leadership for the center and also help support core leadership curriculum development. More on the center is available at http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/admin/extaff/news/cole_2003.htm. Maxcor Financial Group Inc. (www.maxf.com), through its various Euro Brokers businesses, is a leading domestic and international inter-dealer brokerage firm specializing in interest rate and other derivatives, emerging market debt products, cash deposits and other money market instruments Money market instruments See: Cash investments , U.S. Treasury U.S. Treasury Created in 1798, the United States Department of the Treasury is the government (Cabinet) department responsible for issuing all Treasury bonds, notes and bills. Some of the government branches operating under the U.S. Treasury umbrella include the IRS, U.S. and federal agency bonds Federal agency bond Fixed-income security issued by a government agency such as FNMA. and repurchase agreements, and other fixed income securities. Maxcor Financial Inc., the firm's U.S. registered broker-dealer subsidiary, also conducts institutional sales, trading and research operations in corporate bonds, municipal bonds, convertible securities and equities. The firm employs approximately 500 persons worldwide and maintains principal offices in New York, London and Tokyo.
EDITORS' NOTE: THE MEDIA ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
INTERVIEWS AND PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES WITH COACH KRZYZEWSKI,
DEAN DOUGLAS T. BREEDEN (Fuqua Business School) and
GILBERT SCHARF (Maxcor Financial Group).
Monday, April 19
10:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. Coach K on Maxcor/Euro Brokers'
trading floor
11:50 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Press reception with Coach K and
Dean Breeden
Maxcor Financial Group Inc.
Euro Brokers Inc.
One Seaport Plaza, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10038
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