What is an 'Acquisition'. An acquisition is a corporate action in which a company buys most, if not all, of the target company's ownership stakes to assume control of the target firm.
97. Geography of the Upper Midwest, 101: The glorious state of Michigan is made up of two peninsulas. The big oneâthe lower half of the stateâis what folks around here call the Mitten. If you put that mitten on your left hand, just around the base of your pinky finger would be Fennville, home to Virtue Cider. Of course, you donât really need to know any of this to enjoy a bottle of The Mitten, Virtueâs winter blend of bourbon-barrel aged cider and fresh apple juice.
The peninsula is bordered by the Tyrrhenian Sea on the west, the Ionian Sea on the south, and the Adriatic Sea on the east. The backbone of the Peninsula consists of the Apennine Mountains, from which it takes one of its names. Most of its coast is lined with cliffs. The Italian Peninsula's location between the centre of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea made it the target of many conquests.