Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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Página 26
... prospectus , or to be appropriated out of the money actually subscribed . Often , too , as soon as the company is advertised the shares are quoted at a premium , with the double object in view either of enticing people to subscribe for ...
... prospectus , or to be appropriated out of the money actually subscribed . Often , too , as soon as the company is advertised the shares are quoted at a premium , with the double object in view either of enticing people to subscribe for ...
Página 27
... prospectus is not entitled to much confidence . If the dividend be forthcoming , as it probably will be the only one , it ought to be cherished accordingly . But as the whole reason for the existence of a true mer- cantile company ...
... prospectus is not entitled to much confidence . If the dividend be forthcoming , as it probably will be the only one , it ought to be cherished accordingly . But as the whole reason for the existence of a true mer- cantile company ...
Página 28
... prospectus , it is difficult to tell within fifty miles or so how far it is away from the one it is being compared with . Another taking bait is that negotiations are now pending for the sale of part of the property at a price ...
... prospectus , it is difficult to tell within fifty miles or so how far it is away from the one it is being compared with . Another taking bait is that negotiations are now pending for the sale of part of the property at a price ...
Página 29
... prospectus appears em- blazoned with the opinions of all the unknown medical gentlemen on the Continent , with whole alphabets after their names . These are published to show the value of the drug or food as a builder up of infant ...
... prospectus appears em- blazoned with the opinions of all the unknown medical gentlemen on the Continent , with whole alphabets after their names . These are published to show the value of the drug or food as a builder up of infant ...
Página 31
... prospectus painter . He revels in imagery . Nothing is too small to escape his notice , nothing too great to be beyond his reach . The power so to manipulate words and figures as to give an intending shareholder a distinct and accurate ...
... prospectus painter . He revels in imagery . Nothing is too small to escape his notice , nothing too great to be beyond his reach . The power so to manipulate words and figures as to give an intending shareholder a distinct and accurate ...
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
Pasajes populares
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.