Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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Página 30
... man to invest the savings , upon which his wife and children may have to depend , in a newly brought - out limited liability company is little short of madness . " CHAPTER VI . WORD - PAINTING AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS . 30 Public Companies .
... man to invest the savings , upon which his wife and children may have to depend , in a newly brought - out limited liability company is little short of madness . " CHAPTER VI . WORD - PAINTING AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS . 30 Public Companies .
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... brought into contrast with those of the artists who compile , write and paint for the industry which has for its object the promotion of joint - stock companies . As truth is said to be " stranger than fiction , " the instances of word ...
... brought into contrast with those of the artists who compile , write and paint for the industry which has for its object the promotion of joint - stock companies . As truth is said to be " stranger than fiction , " the instances of word ...
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... brought before them , or to inspect the mines from time to time , no investment can offer better inducement than a good English tin and copper mine of proved mineral " wealth , and worked under the management of a Board " of Directors ...
... brought before them , or to inspect the mines from time to time , no investment can offer better inducement than a good English tin and copper mine of proved mineral " wealth , and worked under the management of a Board " of Directors ...
Página 40
... brought out , and they could have obtained shares at par , " and those who did so have reason to be satisfied , as they " cannot now obtain shares under £ 2 per share premium ; " and with the prospects before them , we are of opinion ...
... brought out , and they could have obtained shares at par , " and those who did so have reason to be satisfied , as they " cannot now obtain shares under £ 2 per share premium ; " and with the prospects before them , we are of opinion ...
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... brought out every year , it is the opinion of some that the joint - stock system has not yet been properly appreciated , that the schemes pro- moted have been too few in number , and that the profits of starting them have gone into too ...
... brought out every year , it is the opinion of some that the joint - stock system has not yet been properly appreciated , that the schemes pro- moted have been too few in number , and that the profits of starting them have gone into too ...
Términos y frases comunes
Acts of Parliament advertising allotment amount applied Arc Lamp British Brush Electric Light Brush offshoot 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 parent company 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.