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Nominations are being accepted for the 2013 Wisconsin Small Business Administration (SBA) Business Awards.

Amtrak announced today it carried more than 31.2 million passengers in fiscal year 2012 ending Sept. 30, marking the highest annual ridership total since the rail system started operations in 1971 and the ninth ridership record during the last ten years.

BizTimes Media is currently accepting submissions to update its online and print business directories. Organizations may submit a listing to any of the directories any time throughout the year, but submissions will only be featured in the print directory if completed by the deadlines as noted below. Contact sales and marketing intern Emalee Frase at emalee.frase@biztimes.com with questions about submissions.

Marcus Hotels & Resorts, under the Milwaukee-based Marcus Corporation, has expanded its Artist-in-Residence program from The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee to the corporation’s Hotel Phillips in Kansas City, Mo. and the Skirvin Hilton in Oklahoma City, Okla., according to an announcement by The Marcus Corporation Wednesday.

A 45-foot Ferris wheel is being assembled inside ACUITY’s corporate headquarters in Sheboygan in preparation for the company’s “Cirque du NICU,” a fundraiser to be hosted by the property and casualty insurer on Oct. 13.

State and local officials, business owners, Nissan Americas' executives and Russ Darrow and Mike Darrow gathered together Wednesday to celebrate the opening of Russ Darrow Nissan in the Metro Auto Mall on the Milwaukee's northwest side.

Startup Weekend, a three-day entrepreneurial initiative devoted to the development of new area companies, will host its first event Friday, Nov. 9, through Sunday, Nov. 11, at Marquette University’s Discovery Learning Complex, 1637 W. Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee.

Flip the switch on the wall, your lights will go on. Turn on to the freeway, and you're using a safe, efficient means to get somewhere. When it starts to get cold, a press of a button or a twist of a dial means that our homes will become comfortably warm.

Associated Bank has announced three new additions to its leadership team in Milwaukee.