Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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... brought about at all in a natural way , or only very gradually . Syndicates themselves are often formed on the joint - stock principle , and registered as parent companies for the pur- pose of initiating other companies as offshoots ...
... brought about at all in a natural way , or only very gradually . Syndicates themselves are often formed on the joint - stock principle , and registered as parent companies for the pur- pose of initiating other companies as offshoots ...
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... brought about by certain persons called creditors , who persecute him for the sole reason that they are better off than he is . Nor is it wise unreservedly to believe that the opprobrious epithet of creditor is always deserved by the ...
... brought about by certain persons called creditors , who persecute him for the sole reason that they are better off than he is . Nor is it wise unreservedly to believe that the opprobrious epithet of creditor is always deserved by the ...
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... brought into requisition ; but the mere habit of " commanding " necessarily fits him to be the custodian of financial trusts , and the guardian of public business pursuits . A Colonel or Major - General is also considered eligible for ...
... brought into requisition ; but the mere habit of " commanding " necessarily fits him to be the custodian of financial trusts , and the guardian of public business pursuits . A Colonel or Major - General is also considered eligible for ...
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... brought in numerous applications , that the shares have been duly allotted and the company fairly floated , and are now in a position to see what the next moves lead to . It would be wearisome to wade through all the intricacies of the ...
... brought in numerous applications , that the shares have been duly allotted and the company fairly floated , and are now in a position to see what the next moves lead to . It would be wearisome to wade through all the intricacies of the ...
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... brought to the verge of liquidation in defending them- selves from the machinations of these wreckers , and , as shareholders cannot be got to pay their calls while law- suits are pending , even if the suit goes in favour of the company ...
... brought to the verge of liquidation in defending them- selves from the machinations of these wreckers , and , as shareholders cannot be got to pay their calls while law- suits are pending , even if the suit goes in favour of the company ...
Términos y frases comunes
Acts of Parliament advertising allotment amount applied Arc Lamp British Brush Company Brush Electric Light Brush offshoot Callao cash and shares cent CHAPTER Colonial Companies Acts companies registered company's concern Confidence trick considered cost Crown 8vo directors district dividends dynamo-machines Edison Elec Electric Light Company Electric Sun endeavour favour formed funds gold guarantee Gulcher Hammond Indian Interested in sales investment investors Jablochkoff joint-stock banks joint-stock companies Joint-Stock Enterprise Lamp Lane-Fox Light & Power Light and Power limited liability limited liability companies liquidators London Maxim-Weston memorandum of association ment MYSORE DISTRICT names paid paid-up capital panies patents Pilsen-Joel post-free POWER COMPANY premium profits promoters prospectus proxies public companies purchase railway reefs schemes shareholders spectus Stock Exchange Storage subscribe success supply syndicate taken tion trading undertakings vendors ventures Western Electric winding WORD-PAINTING WYMAN & SONS Wynaad
Pasajes populares
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.