Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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Página 7
... undertakings in which they hope to secure large profits if successful in getting the public to subscribe the respective capitals for their companies , in which case they act as a band of promoters . It may be for depressing or inflating ...
... undertakings in which they hope to secure large profits if successful in getting the public to subscribe the respective capitals for their companies , in which case they act as a band of promoters . It may be for depressing or inflating ...
Página 10
... undertakings , they also fail entirely to prevent , if they do not by the extreme ease of their adoption connive at , the starting of unsound ones . Much confusion has arisen in the terms DEBTOR and CREDITOR . Now , however apparent at ...
... undertakings , they also fail entirely to prevent , if they do not by the extreme ease of their adoption connive at , the starting of unsound ones . Much confusion has arisen in the terms DEBTOR and CREDITOR . Now , however apparent at ...
Página 15
... undertakings ; then there would be some kind of protection and guarantee that fair dealing would follow . At present no such protection exists ; but , on the other hand , everything is so easy of accomplishment , and the forms ...
... undertakings ; then there would be some kind of protection and guarantee that fair dealing would follow . At present no such protection exists ; but , on the other hand , everything is so easy of accomplishment , and the forms ...
Página 16
... undertakings of a very questionable nature . On Mr. A. hearing that Mr. So - and - so has joined the board , he thinks that it must be all in order ; whereas Mr. So - and - so has con- sented to take the position on being informed that ...
... undertakings of a very questionable nature . On Mr. A. hearing that Mr. So - and - so has joined the board , he thinks that it must be all in order ; whereas Mr. So - and - so has con- sented to take the position on being informed that ...
Página 17
... undertakings are exceedingly numerous . One gentleman devotes his energies to sixteen companies , another to fifteen ; five afford their advice to fourteen , and other five to twelve ; while six look after the affairs of eleven distinct ...
... undertakings are exceedingly numerous . One gentleman devotes his energies to sixteen companies , another to fifteen ; five afford their advice to fourteen , and other five to twelve ; while six look after the affairs of eleven distinct ...
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.