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Early days of Railway enterprises , initial expenditure and waste - Their Capital -
Bank of England and other Joint - Stock Banks — Banking Dividends , Capital
and Reserves , and adoption of Limited Liability - Insurance and Assurance ...
Early days of Railway enterprises , initial expenditure and waste - Their Capital -
Bank of England and other Joint - Stock Banks — Banking Dividends , Capital
and Reserves , and adoption of Limited Liability - Insurance and Assurance ...
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... and painstaking to a degree in his endeavours to see that only schemes
promising high dividends are offered to the public ; and , as his responsibilities
are great , so is his position an honourable one . He need not necessarily be
acquainted ...
... and painstaking to a degree in his endeavours to see that only schemes
promising high dividends are offered to the public ; and , as his responsibilities
are great , so is his position an honourable one . He need not necessarily be
acquainted ...
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... of happiness " in whichever way it was thought to be best assured , especially if
, in aiming at his own happiness , the promoter undertook to shower blessings on
his fellow - mortals in the shape of handsome dividends at regular periods .
... of happiness " in whichever way it was thought to be best assured , especially if
, in aiming at his own happiness , the promoter undertook to shower blessings on
his fellow - mortals in the shape of handsome dividends at regular periods .
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... and extraordinary meetings , votes of members , proxies , remuneration ,
powers , disqualification and rotation of directors , dividends , when they are
fortunate in having any , notices of meeting , and auditing of accounts and
balancesheets .
... and extraordinary meetings , votes of members , proxies , remuneration ,
powers , disqualification and rotation of directors , dividends , when they are
fortunate in having any , notices of meeting , and auditing of accounts and
balancesheets .
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If other undertakings of a like nature have paid good dividends , and their shares
are quoted at a premium , this is not overlooked , but paraded as good reason
why this particular investment should be a desirable one . All agreements
entered ...
If other undertakings of a like nature have paid good dividends , and their shares
are quoted at a premium , this is not overlooked , but paraded as good reason
why this particular investment should be a desirable one . All agreements
entered ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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
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.
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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