Banking & Finance

Milwaukee-based Rexnord Corp. reported fiscal fourth quarter net income of $32.5 million, or 34 cents per share, down from $39.9 million, or 38 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2014.

The Bon-Ton Stores Inc., which has dual headquarters in Milwaukee and York, Pa., today reported a fiscal first quarter net loss of $34.1 million, or $1.74 per share, compared with a net loss of $31.5 million, or $1.63 per share, in the first quarter of 2014.

Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. reported fiscal third quarter net income of $17.2 million, or 33 cents per share, down from $24.1 million, or 39 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2014.

Pewaukee-based Gustave A. Larson Co. has acquired Indianapolis-based Superior Distribution Inc. The transaction was completed Feb. 1.

Wauwatosa-based outdoor power equipment manufacturer Briggs & Stratton Corp. today acquired all the outstanding shares of Billy Goat Industries Inc., a manufacturer of specialty turf equipment, for about $26 million in cash.

Highland Investment Advisors has relocated from Milwaukee to a larger office in Mequon.

In 2011, 17 percent of the leadership roles at Associated Bank were filled by women. By 2014, that figure had grown to 27 percent, thanks in large part to the founding of the Associated Women’s Network.

Milwaukee-based ZBB Energy Corp. reported a fiscal third quarter net loss of $3.5 million, or 9 cents per share, compared with net income of $8,930, or 0 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2014.

Wisconsin’s small business owners are feeling better about the economy, according to a new survey from U.S. Bank.

Milwaukee-based Badger Truck Center has acquired New Glarus Motors in New Glarus.