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... to show how advantage has been taken of the weak and unworkable points in
the Acts to foist worthless schemes on the public which the slightest preliminary
investigation of their antecedents by a proper authority would have condemned ...
... to show how advantage has been taken of the weak and unworkable points in
the Acts to foist worthless schemes on the public which the slightest preliminary
investigation of their antecedents by a proper authority would have condemned ...
Página vi
South Sea Scheme and early speculative manias - Statutes leading up to Act of
1862 , & c . - Waste of public money and abuses of the jointstock idea page I II . -
A CHAPTER OF DEFINITIONS . Joint - Stock Company and Limited Liability ...
South Sea Scheme and early speculative manias - Statutes leading up to Act of
1862 , & c . - Waste of public money and abuses of the jointstock idea page I II . -
A CHAPTER OF DEFINITIONS . Joint - Stock Company and Limited Liability ...
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There can be no question that the commercial position of our country has been
immensely furthered by this and the kindred Acts which have since become law ,
gigantic undertakings have been launched , schemes propounded , and ...
There can be no question that the commercial position of our country has been
immensely furthered by this and the kindred Acts which have since become law ,
gigantic undertakings have been launched , schemes propounded , and ...
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... on the other hand , some schemes can only be attempted by the latter method .
Political economists have summed up for both sides somewhat in this way : -
Private businesses are more economically managed , greater attention is paid to
...
... on the other hand , some schemes can only be attempted by the latter method .
Political economists have summed up for both sides somewhat in this way : -
Private businesses are more economically managed , greater attention is paid to
...
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The earliest of these , -chiefly banks and mercantile trading corporations , —were
incorporated by special Acts of Parliament , royal charters , or letters patent , and
many of them were most extravagant schemes . Some , like the East India ...
The earliest of these , -chiefly banks and mercantile trading corporations , —were
incorporated by special Acts of Parliament , royal charters , or letters patent , and
many of them were most extravagant schemes . Some , like the East India ...
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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
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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.
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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