Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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... things in a broad way , not going much into details . In extensive companies , as in banks and railway com- panies , where many men are employed , everything is re- duced to system , and saving in time is effected by a great sub ...
... things in a broad way , not going much into details . In extensive companies , as in banks and railway com- panies , where many men are employed , everything is re- duced to system , and saving in time is effected by a great sub ...
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... things is hastened too by undue competition , as companies will often continue to cut down profits , and even at times work at a loss to get traffic , when private firms would take care always to leave some margin for profit or else ...
... things is hastened too by undue competition , as companies will often continue to cut down profits , and even at times work at a loss to get traffic , when private firms would take care always to leave some margin for profit or else ...
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... Things are not always what they seem . " " What's in a name ? " T is usual , when writers aim at exactness , to ... things " or merely " the names of things " ; but it is always useful to discriminate between the meaning a name usually ...
... Things are not always what they seem . " " What's in a name ? " T is usual , when writers aim at exactness , to ... things " or merely " the names of things " ; but it is always useful to discriminate between the meaning a name usually ...
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... thing eventually turns out to be of some value , but losing nothing if it " goes to the wall . " His main endeavour seems to aim at crippling the company at the outset , and in this he generally attains a decided amount of success . The ...
... thing eventually turns out to be of some value , but losing nothing if it " goes to the wall . " His main endeavour seems to aim at crippling the company at the outset , and in this he generally attains a decided amount of success . The ...
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... things over , and subscribe their names to what is called a MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION . These persons form the nucleus of the capitalists who are presently to be attracted to join in the venture . As a matter of fact , however , these ...
... things over , and subscribe their names to what is called a MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION . These persons form the nucleus of the capitalists who are presently to be attracted to join in the venture . As a matter of fact , however , these ...
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
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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.