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.
Divided into two separate land areas, and bordered by four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan has the longest shoreline in the continental U.S. - nearly 3,300 miles. Michigan's Upper Peninsula is hilly and rugged in the west, especially in the heavily-forested Porcupine Mountains.Further east in the Huron Mountains the state's highest point, Mt. Arvon, stands at 1,979 ft. Moving to the east, the Upper Peninsula's land is much flatter, with some inland swamps.Michigan's Lower Peninsula is rather flat, especially along the eastern and southeastern shorelines.orested Isle Royale, located in the far-northwestern corner of Lake Superior, is the only (island) National Park in the United States. The surrounding Great Lakes are Michigan's most striking landforms. In addition, the state is covered by over 11,000 fresh water lakes (mostly small).