Massachusetts Business- from the Old State House to Bioengineering

Massachusetts is a densely populated state of 6.4American Revolution, including Paul Revere�s
million, of which over 4 million live in the BostonHouse, and houses, churches and graveyards of the
metropolitan area, on the Atlantic Coast. Boston isNorth End. Downtown there is still the pre-revolution
also the capital of the state. The Rte 128 corridorOld State House, and other sites are popular in
around the city is known for its hi-tech and researchConcord and Lexington, scenes of the first battles of
firms. Cambridge, a city of 100,000 just north ofthe American Revolution.
Boston also has a good deal of hi-tech andFinancial and investment companies are important to
bio-technology firms, around MIT and Harvardthe city, from State St. Bank, to the Boston-based
University. The state has also gotten some fame andFidelity Investments. There also are the regional
problems with the downtown Boston project, theoffices of Bank of America and a considerable
huge Central Artery/Tunnel Project, known as theamount of publishing companies. The city contains
�Big Dig�. In any case, there arefour convention centers, including the Hynes
plenty of possibilities for your MassachusettsConvention Center, which is directly connected to
Incorporation. The Boston area has an impressiveshops and fine hotels by above street corridors.
subway system and also Commuter Rail, run by theThe city is home to four major convention centers:
MBTA. Commuter rail has been introduced tothe Hynes Convention Center in the Back Bay, the
Worcester and Springfield as well.Bayside Expo Center in Dorchester, and the World
The state remains largely rural out of the greaterTrade Center Boston and Boston Convention and
Boston area. Cranberries are grown in the area onExhibition Center on the South Boston waterfront.
the way to Cape Cod in Southeast Massachusetts,Because of its status as a state capital and the
and there is a substantial fishing industry. Otherregional home of federal agencies, law and
agricultural products are fruits, nuts, berries, dairy andgovernment is another major component of the
animal cattle raising. Cape Cod and the miles of sandcity's economy. And then of course, there are still
dunes of the Cape Cod National Seashore havethe substantial facilities for shipping of the port of
become a major tourist attraction, along with theBoston.
upscale island of Martha�s Vineyard.Springfield in Massachusetts� second largest
Summers in the cool Berkshire Mountains in thecity with 150,000 people, and is located on the
western part of the state are a regional favorite, asConnecticut River in the western part of the state.
well as winters going skiing. Massachusetts has aLike Hartford, Connecticut, 100 miles south it has a
flat-rate personal income tax of 5.3-percent a year,substantial insurance and banking sector.
over a certain income, and a 5-percent sales tax.Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is a
Boston is known as a college town, including toplarge Fortune 500 company that is headquartered in
schools in nearby Cambridge, such as Harvard, and inSpringfield. Likewise the office of the Toronto
Boston, Boston University and NortheasternCanada-based TD Banknorth has its Massachusetts
University. Companies in the Boston includeheadquarters in Springfield. Then there is Smith &
biotechnology companies like Merck & Co., Millipore,Wesson, the famous producer of handguns. The
Genzyme, and Biogen.Indian Manufacturing Company has its headquarters in
Tourism is another large part of the economy. InSpringfield too, a produces motorcycles.
Boston there are the historic sites going back to the