Jun 8, 2022

Companies attempt to stay in step with Pride Month

A handful of companies started advertising to queer markets in the 1980s and '90s. Several decades later, hundreds redesign their logos and sell rainbow merchandise for the month of June. Leon Neal via Getty Images

Companies around the world are showing their support for Pride Month, but the path to get there hasn't been smooth. Instead of "rainbow washing," people are pushing for more values-based practices. For more, we spoke to Andrew Isen, founder and president of WinMark Concepts, a marketing and communications agency focused on the LGBTQ community. In the NFL, heirs to the Walmart fortune have agreed to purchase the Denver Broncos. We look into how the SEC is tinkering with the "plumbing" of the stock market.

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Pride Month is a big deal for companies. Are values and actions actually aligned?

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson and Erika Soderstrom

Jun 8, 2022

"Previously, it was about profit," says marketing specialist Andrew Isen. He believes that's changed.

A man walks on steps covered in rainbow colors for Pride Month at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York City.

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SEC aims for stock trading rule changes

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Jun 8, 2022

The proposed changes are expected to even the odds for smaller investors.

The SEC is proposing rules changes to the market that could aid smaller investors.

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David Brancaccio Host

Victoria Craig Host, BBC

Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC

Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Jay Siebold Technical Director

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

Redmond Carolipio Digital Producer

Ariana Rosas Producer

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