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Michael Ball is the new president of Datastore, a Cudahy-based subsidiary of Coakley Bros. Co.

Ball is succeeding Greg Jeske, who recently announced his retirement. Jeske will remain as a consultant at Datastore and to Ball through the end of the year to ensure business continuity.

Datstore is southern Wisconsin's largest records storage and imaging scan services company.

Ball is a 17-year veteran of the enterprise content management industry and has served as the senior vice president of marketing and product strategy at Clearview Software since 2006.

"We are very fortunate to have Mike lead Datastore as we... // Milwaukee Small Business Times

Chrysler LLC has filed a lawsuit in a Michigan court alleging that Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. charged inflated prices for batteries, according to a report today by The Wall Street Journal .

The suit was filed Aug. 14 in the Oakland County Circuit Court, the WSJ reported, and is the latest sign of rising tensions between Chrysler and its parts suppliers since the automaker was acquired by Cerberus Capital Management LP, a private... // Milwaukee Small Business Times

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Chrysler LLC has filed a lawsuit in a Michigan court alleging supplier Johnson Controls Inc. charged inflated prices for batteries.

The suit, filed Aug. 14 in the Oakland County circuit court, is the latest sign of rising tension between Chrysler and parts suppliers since the auto maker was acquired by private-investment firm Cerberus Capital Management LP just over a year ago.

Earlier this month axle maker Dana Holding Corp. asked a bankruptcy court to allow it to drop its contracts with Chrysler, saying its business with Chrysler is unprofitable. Earlier this year, Chrysler attempted to pull its tooling and machines from plants owned by Plastech Engineered Products Inc., a move that prompted Plastech to file for bankruptcy protection.

Chrysler Chief Executive Robert Nardelli has... // Wall Street Journal