Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People |
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Most of those books are addressed to promoters , directors , secretaries and managers of companies , floated or to be floated , and also to the general body of investors , —this work seeks a like circulation . Some writers abridge the ...
Most of those books are addressed to promoters , directors , secretaries and managers of companies , floated or to be floated , and also to the general body of investors , —this work seeks a like circulation . Some writers abridge the ...
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Their History leading up to the Mania in 1882 — Excitement caught by kindred undertakings — Sudden collapse of the Mania -Their present position - List of companies floated 54 X. - ELECTRIC LIGHT UNDERTAKINGS.I. THE BRUSH FAMILY .
Their History leading up to the Mania in 1882 — Excitement caught by kindred undertakings — Sudden collapse of the Mania -Their present position - List of companies floated 54 X. - ELECTRIC LIGHT UNDERTAKINGS.I. THE BRUSH FAMILY .
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W E will suppose that all the preliminaries have now been arranged , that striking advertisements had brought in numerous applications , that the shares have been duly allotted and the company fairly floated , and are now in a position ...
W E will suppose that all the preliminaries have now been arranged , that striking advertisements had brought in numerous applications , that the shares have been duly allotted and the company fairly floated , and are now in a position ...
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It had a heavy capital , most of which was paid to certain vendors , leaving nothing to work the mine ; there was an attack by wreckers shortly after it was floated , a prompt resignation of the directors when called to account for ...
It had a heavy capital , most of which was paid to certain vendors , leaving nothing to work the mine ; there was an attack by wreckers shortly after it was floated , a prompt resignation of the directors when called to account for ...
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At the time when so many mining ventures were being floated in our Indian possessions , during the latter end of 1880 and the first half of 1881 , an impetus seems to have been given to the promotion of companies of a similar kind in ...
At the time when so many mining ventures were being floated in our Indian possessions , during the latter end of 1880 and the first half of 1881 , an impetus seems to have been given to the promotion of companies of a similar kind 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.