Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People |
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It is not . always considered necessary to mention whether he be a naval or military officer , or whether the title has been assumed by reason of his serving with the home forces , or with those of foreign potentates , -enough , if he ...
It is not . always considered necessary to mention whether he be a naval or military officer , or whether the title has been assumed by reason of his serving with the home forces , or with those of foreign potentates , -enough , if he ...
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This first meeting is often considered by the board to be a frivolous freak and hardship imposed by the Act for the purpose of troubling directors , and not ...
This first meeting is often considered by the board to be a frivolous freak and hardship imposed by the Act for the purpose of troubling directors , and not ...
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... which could not be considered responsible for the fatalities attaching to the forsaken ship . It need hardly be added that the dividends from the " going concern " are not yet in sight , although two years have now elapsed .
... which could not be considered responsible for the fatalities attaching to the forsaken ship . It need hardly be added that the dividends from the " going concern " are not yet in sight , although two years have now elapsed .
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... thinking for themselves negative a resolution , and find that their opinions are “ boycotted ” by reason of the proxies in interested hands ( given often with no definite purpose ) , the meeting may be considered merely a farce .
... thinking for themselves negative a resolution , and find that their opinions are “ boycotted ” by reason of the proxies in interested hands ( given often with no definite purpose ) , the meeting may be considered merely a farce .
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If a tithe of the dividends these companies promise be obtained they will prove extremely profitable , but that happy outcome remains to be seen , and the immediate results approximately be guessed at when it is considered that can the ...
If a tithe of the dividends these companies promise be obtained they will prove extremely profitable , but that happy outcome remains to be seen , and the immediate results approximately be guessed at when it is considered that can the ...
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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.