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单词 watered stock
例句 watered stock
The oil boom smudged its copybook when the Julian Petroleum swindle, with its Ponzi schemes and watered stocks, took down famous Angelenos and small-time investors. The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago in 1923, the year of L.A.'s 'Big Bang' 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z
These stockholders get their dividends upon their capital stock and their share of "watered stock" and bonds, but do not participate in the profits of the dispatch business. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z
But I’d be no better off if I only got the same actual return on a larger amount of what would be watered stock.” The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z
They might have reason to be mad if they owned the farms, instead of their watered stock. The Romance of the Reaper
Salted mines, watered stocks, lying prospectuses, bribed experts, bought legislatures, packed meetings, borrowed dividends, thimble-rig reports—we all know the tricks of "substantial" enterprises. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5.
The immediate object of watered stock in fairly managed companies is the immediate distribution among shareholders of any increased value without increased cost. Rural Health and Welfare
There are millions of watered stock in their treasuries, and it isn’t worth five cents on the dollar. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry
Wherever competition promised to regulate rates by the application of the law of supply and demand, the pool was resorted to as the never-failing remedy to preserve dividends on watered stock. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses
But through it we see the oneness of human frailty, whether in the watered stock of the corporation or that of its humble servitor the milkman, there is kinship. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century
Neither the green goods, nor the bogus capital called watered stock represents a dollar in real value. The Root of Evil
The "granger" element, for instance, would cut off the holder of "watered stock" with a shilling. Monopolies and the People
Millions of people in Canada used to regard him as a sort of magnified Daniel Drew—the father of Wall Street and watered stock and corrupt-contract railways. The Masques of Ottawa
There is no doubt but under the proposed pooling arrangement railroad interests, watered stocks and all, would be cared for, but there is every reason to believe that public interests would not be properly protected. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses
He then tried the ice market but that became watered stock on his hands and again he was a failure. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures
They still can issue watered stock and surely will do so. The Art of Public Speaking
It was giving a new market value to this "watered stock," from which they would derive political dividends for a much longer period than they otherwise would. The Facts of Reconstruction
As for watered stock, I know all the sophistical arguments, and they are many, for capitalizing earning capacity. The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People
The public concedes that liberal returns should be allowed to railroad companies on money actually invested, but it naturally objects to being taxed for the purpose of making dividends on watered stock. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses
Two lots my brother never saw and never sold; decidedly "watered stock." Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures
These rival nations do tell their business men that if they issue watered stock or cheat the people in any way, prison cells will be their homes. The Art of Public Speaking
There is no serious difference of opinion that the stock should be paid up in actual money at par nor that dividends at the expense of the public should not be paid on watered stock. Popular Law-making
I should answer, "Keep out of watered stocks, my son, and wade into your own business a little deeper." Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
There are not apt to be any get-rich-quick for-tunes made in corporations that issue no watered stock and do not capitalize their franchises. The History of the Telephone
Its beginning—in corrupt legislation, watered stocks, human selfishness—was inevitable. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers
In any case the unnecessary burden upon business to provide dividends for the watered stock was an item of some magnitude. The United States Since the Civil War
Pretending that the railroads embraced in the consolidation had a great surplus on hand, Vanderbilt, instead of distributing this alleged surplus, apportioned the watered stock among the stockholders as a premium. Great Fortunes from Railroads
Where there is sharp competition, the possibility of overcharging the public to make returns on watered stock is cut out, and the loss falls upon the investor. Problems of Conduct
Quick profits in the shape of watered stock had nothing to do with the formation of the International Harvester Company. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry
When they sell a lot of watered stock on Wall Street would you expect to find a mermaid in it? The Gentle Grafter
Practically every railroad had issued vast amounts of bonds and watered stock, on which fixed charges and dividends had to be paid. Great Fortunes from Railroads
When Gould and Fisk began to turn out more watered stock various defrauded malcontent stockholders resolved to take an intervening hand. Great Fortunes from Railroads
Even if the business is able to pay good dividends on watered stock, the crime of overcapitalization is not lessened, though the harm done is now not to the investor but to the public. Problems of Conduct
When at last he had driven its owners into a corner, he calmly stepped in and bought up its control cheaply, and then turned out many millions of dollars of watered stock. Great Fortunes from Railroads
After having bribed legislatures to legalize his enormous issue of watered stock, what was Vanderbilt's next move? Great Fortunes from Railroads
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