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He sees little future for the newly emerging business organizations called joint-stock companies corporations, since it seems highly improbable that such impersonal bodies could muster the necessary self-interest to pursue complex and arduous undertakings.

The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999

He sees little future for the newly emerging business organizations called joint-stock companies corporations, since it seems highly improbable that such impersonal bodies could muster the necessary self-interest to pursue complex and arduous undertakings.

The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999

Then, as Russia's prime minister, he signed a decree turning Gazprom, which holds about one-sixth of the world's gas reserves, into a joint-stock company and ensured its monopoly on production, sale, transport and export of Russia's gas.

Former Russian Premier Chernomyrdin Dies at 72 Richard Boudreaux 2010

Lawrence Washington, William Fairfax, and other Virginians began talking as early as 1747 about forming a “company of gentlemen and adventurers,” as joint-stock corporations were called, to speculate in Ohio lands and take the Indian fur trade away from the French and the Pennsylvanians.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

For example, many of the early British North American colonies were founded by joint-stock companies, including the famous Massachusetts Bay Company.

A Short (Sometimes Profitable) History of Private Equity John Steele Gordon 2012

Lawrence Washington, William Fairfax, and other Virginians began talking as early as 1747 about forming a “company of gentlemen and adventurers,” as joint-stock corporations were called, to speculate in Ohio lands and take the Indian fur trade away from the French and the Pennsylvanians.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Furthermore, the government overhauled regulations to allow the cajas — controlled by employees, depositors and local governments — to become joint-stock companies and list on the stock market.

Spain Moves to Clean Up Cajas Jonathan House 2011

Lawrence Washington, William Fairfax, and other Virginians began talking as early as 1747 about forming a “company of gentlemen and adventurers,” as joint-stock corporations were called, to speculate in Ohio lands and take the Indian fur trade away from the French and the Pennsylvanians.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Lawrence Washington, William Fairfax, and other Virginians began talking as early as 1747 about forming a “company of gentlemen and adventurers,” as joint-stock corporations were called, to speculate in Ohio lands and take the Indian fur trade away from the French and the Pennsylvanians.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Aabar said in a statement posted on the Abu Dhabi exchange website that its board will meet Thursday to consider calling an extraordinary meeting of shareholders to discuss the firm's conversion to a private joint-stock company.

Abu Dhabi's Aabar Considers Delisting 2010