Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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... tion , and has led a leading journal to remark that public company is a leap in the dark . " That it should continue to be so surely does not follow , and , as this waste prevents the flow of capital into legitimate channels , how- ever ...
... tion , and has led a leading journal to remark that public company is a leap in the dark . " That it should continue to be so surely does not follow , and , as this waste prevents the flow of capital into legitimate channels , how- ever ...
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... tion is , and whether it should " define things " or merely " the names of things " ; but it is always useful to discriminate between the meaning a name usually bears , and what A Chapter of Definitions . 5 A CHAPTER OF DEFINITIONS.
... tion is , and whether it should " define things " or merely " the names of things " ; but it is always useful to discriminate between the meaning a name usually bears , and what A Chapter of Definitions . 5 A CHAPTER OF DEFINITIONS.
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... tion , and the remainder drag a lingering existence for an indefinite time , without accomplishing anything save the expenditure of their capital . Much weighty literature has been offered to the public to assist in the interpretation ...
... tion , and the remainder drag a lingering existence for an indefinite time , without accomplishing anything save the expenditure of their capital . Much weighty literature has been offered to the public to assist in the interpretation ...
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... tion of the memorandum . The field is a wide one , and a glance at a Post - office Directory or trade list will show you that these " objects " comprise everything we can know or think of , and very much also that is unthinkable and ...
... tion of the memorandum . The field is a wide one , and a glance at a Post - office Directory or trade list will show you that these " objects " comprise everything we can know or think of , and very much also that is unthinkable and ...
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... tion , have the appointment of the liquidators , and , being generally solicitors , they thus succeed in creating business for themselves . Many companies have been ruined or brought to the verge of liquidation in defending them- selves ...
... tion , have the appointment of the liquidators , and , being generally solicitors , they thus succeed in creating business for themselves . Many companies have been ruined or brought to the verge of liquidation in defending them- selves ...
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.