PHOENIX, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- KEO Marketing Inc. announced its client, CyrusOne Inc., was first selected as a finalist and then chosen the winner as '2013 Marketer of the Year' in the 'B2B Marketing Campaign of the Year' category. The Phoenix Business Journal, in partnership with the Business Marketing Association Phoenix, sponsored the awards program. 

The award was presented at a breakfast event on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at The Arizona Historical Society in Tempe. Roy Vallee, retired chairman and CEO for Avnet, Inc., presented the keynote address at the ceremony. Read more »

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island is poised to join nine other states and the District of Columbia in allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee planned to sign gay marriage legislation into law Thursday evening, immediately following a final procedural vote in the state's General Assembly. The outcome of the vote is not in doubt.

Hundreds are expected to gather at the Statehouse to celebrate the new law, which has already passed the House and Senate once. The first weddings could take place Aug. 1, when the new law would take effect. Read more »

A day after calling NBA player Jason Collins to congratulate him on coming out on the cover of Sports Illustrated, President Barack Obama said he "couldn't be prouder" of Collins at a press briefing Tuesday morning.

As he was leaving the press briefing, a reporter asked him to remark on his conversation with Collins. Read more »

Finance firms can move fast when it benefits the bottom line. That’s why Wall Street, despite its rigid alpha-male reputation, has been remarkably progressive on the issue of gay rights. From the breadth of domestic partner benefits to Goldman Sachs (GS) Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein’s commercials in support of same-sex marriage, banks and brokerages have embraced this area of equality. Maybe that’s because of the industry’s war for talent, the spending power of gay clients, or Blankfein’s thesis that the market only cares about results. Read more »