Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People |
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... accountants ' reports and carefully tabulated statements anticipating a profit of 10 per cent . to 20 per cent . on the nominal capital notwithstanding ; nor does the issue of debentures bearing high rates of interest tend to make ...
... accountants ' reports and carefully tabulated statements anticipating a profit of 10 per cent . to 20 per cent . on the nominal capital notwithstanding ; nor does the issue of debentures bearing high rates of interest tend to make ...
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its burden upon themselves on being guaranteed 5 per cent . per annum for seven - and - a - half years , at the end of which period the Government could redeem it , a proposal which naturally met with strong opposition from the Bank of ...
its burden upon themselves on being guaranteed 5 per cent . per annum for seven - and - a - half years , at the end of which period the Government could redeem it , a proposal which naturally met with strong opposition from the Bank of ...
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Old - fashioned definitions of them would only mislead , as they only apply to about five per cent . of the persons who follow some of these avocations ; so that , out of every hundred , ninety - five exceptions would have to be ...
Old - fashioned definitions of them would only mislead , as they only apply to about five per cent . of the persons who follow some of these avocations ; so that , out of every hundred , ninety - five exceptions would have to be ...
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... fifty per cent . are fit to be wound up within a year of their formation , and the remainder drag a lingering existence for an indefinite time , without accomplishing anything save the expenditure of their capital .
... fifty per cent . are fit to be wound up within a year of their formation , and the remainder drag a lingering existence for an indefinite time , without accomplishing anything save the expenditure of their capital .
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Again , “ interest at the rate of 10 per cent . per annum is guaranteed for one year until the machinery be erected and everything in working order . " As this , if paid at all ( which is not always certain ) , will be provided for in ...
Again , “ interest at the rate of 10 per cent . per annum is guaranteed for one year until the machinery be erected and everything in working order . " As this , if paid at all ( which is not always certain ) , will be provided for in ...
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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.