Banking & Finance

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.

Milwaukee-based grocery store operator Roundy’s Inc. today reported a fiscal first quarter net loss of $4.5 million, or 12 cents lost per share, compared with a net loss of $2.3 million, or 1 cent lost per share, in the first quarter of 2014.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Corp. today reported first quarter net income of $127 million, or 63 cents per share, up from $125 million, or 60 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2014.

Michael Elton has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Advantage+, a Brookfield-based, privately owned, nationwide direct lender to businesses.

Milwaukee-based independent valuation firm Valuation Research Corp. has been named Valuation Firm of the Year by industry peers in the International M&A Awards for the fourth year in a row.