Acquisitions are often made as part of a company's growth strategy when it is more beneficial to take over an existing firm's operations and niche compared to expanding on its own. Acquisitions are often paid in cash, the acquiring company's stock or a combination of both.
State Abbreviation - MA. State Capital - Boston. Largest City - Boston. Area - 10,555 square miles [Massachusetts is the 44th biggest state in the USA] Population - 6,692,824 (as of 2013)
Massachusetts State Nicknames. This Massachusetts state nickname is a reference to the early settlements of the Cape Cod Bay - the location where the English pilgrims debarked from their historic 65 days trip overseas. This is a reference to the years 1620-1628 when the English endeavour of early settlements of the Plymouth Colony happened.