Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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... whole , so as to embody , as far as might be , all the principles then recog- nised in one principal Act , and also to introduce more prominently the Limited Liability Clause . It would be beside the purpose we have in view to inquire ...
... whole , so as to embody , as far as might be , all the principles then recog- nised in one principal Act , and also to introduce more prominently the Limited Liability Clause . It would be beside the purpose we have in view to inquire ...
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... whole bubble collapsed , ending in the ruination of many , the imprisonment of some of the directors and confiscation of their goods . At this time many other gambling schemes were projected on the most shadowy grounds and for the most ...
... whole bubble collapsed , ending in the ruination of many , the imprisonment of some of the directors and confiscation of their goods . At this time many other gambling schemes were projected on the most shadowy grounds and for the most ...
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... whole term , this view is now gene- rally disregarded . Its meaning , for our purpose , is , how- ever , clearer than the origin of the word itself . It simply denotes " a community of persons associated for certain or uncertain ...
... whole term , this view is now gene- rally disregarded . Its meaning , for our purpose , is , how- ever , clearer than the origin of the word itself . It simply denotes " a community of persons associated for certain or uncertain ...
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... whole system that , of all public companies registered , not one out of twenty settles down as a stable concern ; many never reach the allotment stage ; some allot their shares , but , for certain occult reasons , never commence ...
... whole system that , of all public companies registered , not one out of twenty settles down as a stable concern ; many never reach the allotment stage ; some allot their shares , but , for certain occult reasons , never commence ...
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... whole of them , by giving anything more than their names and a mere superficial service in return for their fees . By reference to the " Directory of Directors " for 1883 , it will be seen that the names of those who are on the ...
... whole of them , by giving anything more than their names and a mere superficial service in return for their fees . By reference to the " Directory of Directors " for 1883 , it will be seen that the names of those who are on the ...
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.