-
acted as
market makers in the
London Stock Exchange. The
business of
stockjobbing emerged in the 1690s
during England's
Financial Revolution.
During the...
- so. Montesquiou-Fézensac,
charged with the
issue of ****ignats,
feared stockjobbing and greed. By
September 1790, the ****ignat had
become a true circulating...
- [page needed] Montesquiou-Fézensac,
charged with the
issue of ****ignats,
feared stockjobbing and greed. A
declaration (14 Oct)
suspending all
interest payments turned...
- Geo. 2. c. 8 16
April 1734 An Act to
prevent the
infamous Practice of
Stockjobbing. (Repealed by
Repeal of Sir John Barnard's Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c...
-
acquisition by
Merrill Lynch in 1995. Marks’
career began at City of
London stockjobbing firm
Smith Brothers (later
Smith New Court) in 1958,
where he started...
- Thomson, and both he and
Burroughs had
debts to
Robinson from
earlier stockjobbing. The
partnership of five
consisted of Sir
Alexander Grant,
William Burroughs...
- in
Queen Anne
Street and
afterwards at Gregories. For a time Burke's
stockjobbing transactions prospered. In 1769, however, a
crash came, and he was ruined...
- of £1,000,000, but it was
feared this
would prove to be a
vehicle for
stockjobbing. This led to an
investigation by the
Privy Council, at
which point William...
-
Under Ledyard's supervision, the road
smartly avoided issuing bonds and
stockjobbing, and in 1883 he
succeeded Vanderbilt as
president of the
Michigan Central...
- Bill in 1733. He also
opposed a bill
against ‘the
infamous practice of
stockjobbing’ in 1733. At the 1734
British general election Bowles was
returned as...
