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Quite recently a venture of the same scope has been incorporated , with a capital
of £ 2,000,000 , for the promotion of trade in British North Borneo . Even in the
early days of joint - stock undertakings a vast amount of speculation was carried ...
Quite recently a venture of the same scope has been incorporated , with a capital
of £ 2,000,000 , for the promotion of trade in British North Borneo . Even in the
early days of joint - stock undertakings a vast amount of speculation was carried ...
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... all British subjects are supposed to inherit as a birthright , it should never
degenerate into licence like this ; and here is the great mistake in joint - stock
registration . It would be well if , instead of making such careful regulations for
winding up ...
... all British subjects are supposed to inherit as a birthright , it should never
degenerate into licence like this ; and here is the great mistake in joint - stock
registration . It would be well if , instead of making such careful regulations for
winding up ...
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Strange it is , however , that so few of the “ really promising " undertakings which
the British investor is asked to subscribe to ever turn out satisfactory as
investments . Oftener we find them to be void of promise altogether , but simply
old mines ...
Strange it is , however , that so few of the “ really promising " undertakings which
the British investor is asked to subscribe to ever turn out satisfactory as
investments . Oftener we find them to be void of promise altogether , but simply
old mines ...
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DERHAPS the cleverest examples , — if the word clever is not misapplied to such
questionable transactions , of fleecing the British public at the instance of
promoters , are to be found in the history of the so - called Gold - Mining Craze in
India ...
DERHAPS the cleverest examples , — if the word clever is not misapplied to such
questionable transactions , of fleecing the British public at the instance of
promoters , are to be found in the history of the so - called Gold - Mining Craze in
India ...
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Towards the end of October , 1878 , the British Electric Light Company was
formed , with a capital of £ 100,000 , and acquired rights in the Gramme patents ,
subsequently also becoming interested in those of Mr. Lane - Fox . Early in the ...
Towards the end of October , 1878 , the British Electric Light Company was
formed , with a capital of £ 100,000 , and acquired rights in the Gramme patents ,
subsequently also becoming interested in those of Mr. Lane - Fox . Early in the ...
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Acts advantages allotment already amount appear applied asked associations banks British brought Brush Electric Light called carried cash cent CHAPTER Colonial concern considered cost court directors district dividends Electric Light Company enterprises estimated existence expenses field floated Foreign formed funds given giving gold hands Indian interest investment issued joint-stock companies known Lamp leading less liability Light and Power Limited liquidators London matter means meeting ment mines names never nominal capital object offices operations paid paid-up panies patents perhaps persons position Power Co present profits promoters prospectus purchase railway reason referred registered schemes secure shareholders shares started Stock Storage subscribe success supply syndicate taken things tion trading turned undertakings vendors whole
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Página 37 - The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Página 6 - ... shall be deemed to be a company having a permanent paid-up, or nominal capital of fixed amount, divided into shares, also of fixed amount, or held and transferable as stock, or divided and held, partly in one way and partly in the other, and formed on the principle of having for its members the holders of shares in such capital, or the holders of such stock, and no other persons...
Página 22 - Whenever the Court is of opinion that it is just and equitable that the Company should be wound up.
Página 40 - Is. per Ib., the directors feel justified in stating they confidently believe the profits of this company will be more than sufficient to pay dividends of at least 50 per cent, on the nominal capital, and will exceed those of the company working the English patent, which, having only been formed a little over twelve months, has entered into a contract which will yield the return, by way of annual dividends, of a sum equal to the whole paid-up capital of the company of £34,000.
Página 101 - WE, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company, in pursuance of this memorandum of association, and we respectively agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the company set opposite our respective names.
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| Título | Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890 |
| Autor | Jaycee (pseud.) |
| Editor | Wyman & Sons, 1883 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 21 Mayo 2007 |
| Largo | 104 páginas |
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