Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People |
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... the benefits of which are incalculable , —they do , however , seek to draw attention to the many questionable expedients employed under its sanction for asking the public to subscribe to worthless ventures as bonâ fide INVESTMENTS ...
... the benefits of which are incalculable , —they do , however , seek to draw attention to the many questionable expedients employed under its sanction for asking the public to subscribe to worthless ventures as bonâ fide INVESTMENTS ...
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So long as a business continues to pay as a private .concern it is generally kept so , and the public are seldom asked to become sharers in its prosperity . It is , as a rule , only when a man has the bulk of his means sunk in one ...
So long as a business continues to pay as a private .concern it is generally kept so , and the public are seldom asked to become sharers in its prosperity . It is , as a rule , only when a man has the bulk of his means sunk in one ...
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... they invariably omit one very desirable item of information , and that is , what the promoter has paid originally for a something for which the company will be asked in the most unblushing manner to hand over £ 50,000 or £ 100,000 .
... they invariably omit one very desirable item of information , and that is , what the promoter has paid originally for a something for which the company will be asked in the most unblushing manner to hand over £ 50,000 or £ 100,000 .
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There is absolutely no limit to the profits of some of these projects . The idea of a modest 10 per cent is scouted , and by skilful arrangement of figures , it is shown to demonstration that , on the capital asked for , a clear profit ...
There is absolutely no limit to the profits of some of these projects . The idea of a modest 10 per cent is scouted , and by skilful arrangement of figures , it is shown to demonstration that , on the capital asked for , a clear profit ...
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The £ 200,000 capital of the mine in question appears all to have been allotted to the owners of the property , and the share the public were asked to take was to subscribe to an issue of £ 60,000 in £ 10 bonds to bear eight per cent .
The £ 200,000 capital of the mine in question appears all to have been allotted to the owners of the property , and the share the public were asked to take was to subscribe to an issue of £ 60,000 in £ 10 bonds to bear eight per cent .
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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.
Información bibliográfica
| 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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