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Sealed Air Corp. announced today that it will move its headquarters and 1,300 jobs, including all 300 from its Sturtevant office, to Charlotte, N.C.

If you do a Google search for the phrase “bowling is a dying sport,” you will discover that folks have been predicting the demise of keggling since the dawn of the digital age.

Grafton-based SEEK Careers/Staffing Inc. has launched a new initiative, Trainable Fit, designed to close the skilled manufacturing gap by providing local manufacturers with candidates to fill open positions through on-the-job training.

Three regional banks with a strong presence in the Milwaukee market reported mixed results in their second quarter earnings reports.

Milwaukee-based MGIC Investment Corp. reported second quarter net income of $45.5 million, or 12 cents per share, up from $12.4 million, or 4 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2013.

Brown Deer-based Bank Mutual Corp. reported second quarter net income of $3.6 million, or 8 cents per share, up 35 percent from $2.6 million, or 6 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2013.

UMB Fund Services announced that chief executive officer John Zader has retired. Tony Fischer has been promoted to president and Maureen Quill has been promoted to chief operating officer to fill the role.

Green Bay-based Associated Banc-Corp reported second quarter net income of $46.4 million, or 28 cents per share, down from $47.9 million, or 28 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2013.

Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has acquired Integrated Services, ISI Logistics and ISI Logistics South for $13 million.

Susan Doyle has been named senior vice president of retail banking at Brookfield-based North Shore Bank.