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)
www.hanson-ma.gov Hanson is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States and is one of the inland towns of the South Shore. The population was 10,209 at the 2010 census.