Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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Página v
... referred to in these pages are to be taken as " frightful examples . " Prominence is their lot here because they first publicly made themselves prominent , and so are best known to general readers . Unfortunately details of the most ...
... referred to in these pages are to be taken as " frightful examples . " Prominence is their lot here because they first publicly made themselves prominent , and so are best known to general readers . Unfortunately details of the most ...
Página 6
... referred to in another place . The principal parties who are engaged in or carry on the business of a company , from its first inception to its close , are termed promoters , syndicates , vendors , directors , subscribers ( also called ...
... referred to in another place . The principal parties who are engaged in or carry on the business of a company , from its first inception to its close , are termed promoters , syndicates , vendors , directors , subscribers ( also called ...
Página 9
... referred to at the end of the next chapter . The LIQUIDATOR fills a thankless position , usually with more grace than agility . He is called in when the com- pany has reached the closing stage of its career , and then supersedes the ...
... referred to at the end of the next chapter . The LIQUIDATOR fills a thankless position , usually with more grace than agility . He is called in when the com- pany has reached the closing stage of its career , and then supersedes the ...
Página 18
... referred to ; and next , the real PROSPECTUS ( although the name is generally applied to the whole document ) , which gives a theoretical view of the prospects of the association , what it is intended to do , and what to avoid , how ...
... referred to ; and next , the real PROSPECTUS ( although the name is generally applied to the whole document ) , which gives a theoretical view of the prospects of the association , what it is intended to do , and what to avoid , how ...
Página 37
... referred to as having been worked in the " early ages , " we have not heard much of the Bible in connexion with the schemes of promoters . It strikes most people that little room is left for strictly theological views in a professional ...
... referred to as having been worked in the " early ages , " we have not heard much of the Bible in connexion with the schemes of promoters . It strikes most people that little room is left for strictly theological views in a professional ...
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.