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Briggs & Stratton caps rough quarter
Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. reported a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $55.0 million, or $1.17 per share, compared with a net loss of $8.4 million, or 18 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.
Slovenian company acquires Brookfield software firm
Euro Plus, the developer of NiceLabel software, announced it has acquired all of the assets of Brookfield-based Niceware International through its subsidiary NiceLabel Americas Inc.
Minority-owned banks pay higher CD rates
Minority-owned American banks are more generous with their customers when it comes to interest rates on certificates of deposit, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Roadrunner expands to the South with acquisition
Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has acquired the assets of the Southeast Drayage division of Transport Corporation of America Inc., a provider of intermodal transportation and related services in the Southeast.
Zeske is new vice president at Bank Mutual
Bank Mutual Corp. announced the appointment of Jeanne Zeske to vice president of commercial banking for southeastern Wisconsin.
WAMIC to host 100th convention
The Wisconsin Association of Mutual Insurance Companies will host its 100th annual convention from Sunday, September 8 to Tuesday, September 10 at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee.
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M&A activity flat in first half
National mergers and acquisitions activity was mostly flat in the Americas for the first half of the year, according to a report from Mergermarket and Merrill DataSite.
Waterstone Mortgage approved for Ginnie Mae
Pewaukee-based Waterstone Mortgage Corp. has been approved as a Ginnie Mae issuer for the Ginnie Mae I and II single-family mortgage-backed securities program.
Nordco acquired by NY private equity firm
Oak Creek-based Nordco Inc. has been acquired by Greenbriar Equity Group LLC, a New York-based private equity firm that targets the global transportation industry.
Home away from home
When the Rev. Dr. Ron Mudge, associate professor of theology and pre-seminary director at Mequon-based Concordia University Wisconsin, ventured more than 5,700 miles to Togo, West Africa, in May, he almost felt like he was returning home.
