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Eric Rosengren, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Gov. Scott Walker will give the keynote addresses at the Wisconsin Bankers Association’s 2015 Wisconsin Economic Forecast Luncheon.

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. has been included on a preliminary list of quarterly initial public offering additions to four Russell indexes.

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Milwaukee-based private equity fund Generation Growth Capital, Inc., has sold Quality Assembly & Logistics, LLC to the company’s president and chief executive officer, Guy Meyerhofer.

Milwaukee-based global investment management firm Artisan Partners has announced it will open a new office in Sydney, Australia.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. is stepping down operations immediately at its Dickson, Tenn., plant. All production is expected to wrap up on or before March 12, 2015.

The landscape of manufacturing in America has undergone more significant changes than many of us in the industry care to remember. The recent past has been particularly painful, with economic downturns driving manufacturing overseas to take advantage of lower labor costs, and a generally depressed level of manufacturing activity becoming the norm.

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Mount Kisco, New York-based private equity firm Kohlberg & Co. LLC has agreed to acquire Pleasant Prairie-based PPC Industries Inc.

Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc. recently reported fourth quarter net income of $136.9 million, or $1.38 per share, up from $26.8 million, or 25 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2013.