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Associated Banc-Corp continues to grow its Milwaukee-area team with several new appointments.

Frank Abagnale, the subject of the book and major motion picture “Catch Me If You Can,” will speak about fraud prevention at a U.S. Bank educational series on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 8:30 a.m. at the Harley Davidson Museum, 500 W. Canal St.

Fiserv Inc. a Brookfield-based global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced that Rahul Gupta has been named group president of its Digital Payment Solutions group.

Johnson Controls Inc. announced it expects to post record sales and earnings in fiscal 2012.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. announced the opening of a new permanent Latin America headquarters in Miami, Fla.

Bostik Inc. will consolidate its U.S. headquarters, administrative and research and development functions in Wauwatosa, creating 76 jobs by 2014.

Consumers stepped up their retail spending in September.

Jason Inc., a Milwaukee-based parent company to a global family of manufacturing leaders in the seating, finishing, components and automotive acoustics markets, announced its acquisition of Morton Manufacturing Company of Libertyville, Ill.

Fiserv, Inc., a Brookfield-based global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced that it has signed more than 30 new credit union clients for its Source Capture Solutions within the last 10 months to provide them anywhere, anytime check image capture.

Cross Creek Partners, LLC, a private equity firm with a focus on manufacturing and distribution companies in the upper Midwest, has acquired Airsan Corp., a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of permanent filters.