Briggs & Stratton Corp. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Companhia Caetano Branco of Brazil for approximately $60 million, subject to post-closing adjustments.

Menomonee Falls-based Magnetek Inc. announced it is expanding international distribution of its radio control products in China.

MillerCoors LLC today reported a 74-percent increase in quarterly profits, sparked by continued growth in its Coors Light and Tenth and Blake Beer Co. brands.

Port Washington-based Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. is receiving a $20 million loan from Green Bay-based Associated Banc-Corp for expansion plans that include a lease of 30,000 square feet of existing warehouse space in Port Washington and plans for two additional stores in China.

Rexnord Corp. reported fiscal second quarter net income of $19.2 million, or 19 cents per share, up from $4.5 million, or 6 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Racine-based Modine Manufacturing Co. reported a fiscal second quarter net loss of $12.0 million, or 26 cents per share, compared with net earnings of $1.4 million, or 3 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

While John Koss, founder of Milwaukee-based Koss Corporation, introduced the world to personal listening capabilities with stereo headphones in 1958, today his son Michael Koss is introducing personal listening to the Internet.

As if a dismal Chicago Cubs season wasn't bad enough for hometown broadcasters WGN-TV/Channel 9 and WGN-AM/720, now the canceled Blackhawks games are making for a revenue-robbing double whammy.

The Outpost Natural Foods Cooperative is looking to expand into Ozaukee County for its fourth retail store location, as it has made an offer to acquire property in the city of Mequon at the northeast corner of Mequon Road and Wauwatosa Road.

October sales of existing homes in the metropolitan Milwaukee housing market were up 32.8 percent compared with the same month a year ago.

Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced today it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of A&A Express, a provider of truckload services based in Brandon, S.D., for approximately $24.0 million, plus an earn-out capped at $2.5 million.