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Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Central Cal Transportation, a Fresno, Calif.-based provider of intermodal transportation and related services.

Baird Capital Partners, the buyout fund of Baird Private Equity, announced its portfolio company Digi-Star LLC of Fort Atkinson has acquired RDS Technology of the United Kingdom.

Northwestern Mutual has announced the promotion of three executives in Milwaukee.

Associated Bank has received the Minority Business Development Award from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

Milwaukee-based company Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. has filed for a $250 million proposed initial public offering of Class A common stock.

Milwaukee-based Weyco Group Inc. reported third quarter net earnings of $5.2 million, or 48 cents per share, up from $4.4 million, or 40 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. reported a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $8.0 million, or 1 cent per share, compared with net income of $234 million, or 34 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

The Milwaukee-area manufacturing sector continued its decline in October, according to a report released by the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

U.S. automobile sales rose in October, despite the sales lost to Hurricane Sandy over the past week.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc., a Cudahy-based asset-light transportation and logistics service provider, reported fiscal fourth quarter net income of $9.9 million, or 31 cents per share, up from $7.2 million, or 23 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.