When BMO Harris Bank acquired Ozaukee Bank in Cedarburg, several Ozaukee employees parted ways with the new organization.

The IBA-Wisconsin will present a seminar on the Affordable Care Act for businesses on Friday, Dec. 21, from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee.

The cover story of the Dec. 17 edition of BizTimes Milwaukee magazine will feature an interview with two experts who will answer employers’ questions about the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.

Welcome to the inaugural BizTimes Best in Business issue.

In mid-November, the International Energy Agency forecasted that “extraordinary growth in oil and natural gas output in the United States will mean that…the United States becomes a net exporter of natural gas by 2020 and is almost self-sufficient in energy, in net terms, by 2035.”

Milwaukee Brewing Company has announced it will install a solar hot water system at its Walker’s Point brewery. The 28-panel system will pre-heat water before it is used for brewing.

Paul Jones, chairman and CEO of A.O. Smith Corp. in Milwaukee, will serve as the Wisconsin Chair in the new Tri State Alliance for Regional Development.

Erik Buell Racing LLC in East Troy will receive inventory financing from GE Capital's Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF) to help it build a motorcycle dealer network.

Congress has approved legislation establishing a uniform energy efficiency descriptor that applies to all residential water heaters sold in the United States.

Veteran business lobbyist Scott Manley has been named vice president of government relations for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), the state's chamber of commerce and largest business association.

Jim Lenahan, chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based Ludman Industries, has been elected as president of the board of directors of the Milwaukee chapter of Legatus, a network of Catholic business executives and their spouses.