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stock-jobbing
ˈstock-ˌjobbing, vbl. n. and ppl. a. A. vbl. n. The business of a stock-jobber; buying and selling of stock as practised by a jobber; loosely, speculative dealing in stocks and shares. Often with unfavourable implication of rash or dishonest speculation; esp. with reference to the abuses of the earl...
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stock-job
▪ I. † stock-job, n. Obs. rare—1. [Formed as next.] ? An act of stock-jobbing.1719 D'Urfey Pills II. 101 Where Fools manage Bargains by way of Stock-jobb.▪ II. † stock-job, v. Obs. [Back-formation on stock-jobber, -jobbing.] a. trans. To apply the methods of stock-jobbing to, deal with according to ...
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Alfred Smithers
In 1909, Stock Exchange rules formalized this separation that minimized dishonest trading. By the 1980s, Akroyd & Smithers was one of the five major London jobbing firms.
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Paul Newall
Career
He began his career with stockbrokers Cazenove & Co, and was then seconded to the jobbing firm of Durlacher, where he worked as a “blue button”, From 1971 to 1977, he was a member of the New York Stock Exchange. In 1993 he became the Lord Mayor of London.
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jobbing
▪ I. jobbing, vbl. n.1 (ˈdʒɒbɪŋ) [f. job v.1 + -ing1.] The action of job v.1; stabbing, thrusting, etc.1573, a 1795 [see job v.1 2]. 1814 Sporting Mag. XLIV. 71 His adversary was not to be pinked away by left-handed jobbing. 1889 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 82 No jobbing or spurring would indu...
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John C. Kemble
Kemble resigned his seat on May 22, 1836, after accusations of fraudulent stock trading. XXX: "Bishop and Kemble's stock jobbing...", pg. 124ff)
Marriage notice in The Rural Repository (Hudson NY, issue of October 14, 1837; pg. 71)
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Gerald Giampa
From 1975 to 1981 Giampa's Cobblestone Press in Vancouver published not only jobbing printing but also works by Ezra Pound, Robin Blaser and George Bowering With the Lanston Monotype Company's stock he acquired much of Frederic Goudy's materials.
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William Glanville (Hythe MP)
In 1733 he defended Sir Robert Sutton and unsuccessfully opposed a bill for preventing 'the pernicious practice of stock-jobbing'.
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Thomas Mortimer (writer)
Material was supplied by Mortimer's own experience on the Stock Exchange, where, by his own account, he lost heavily in 1756. Nefarious Practice of Stock Jobbing, London.
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Isaac W. Bishop
Kemble were accused of corrupt and fraudulent stock trading. Kemble resigned his seat on May 20. XXX: "Bishop and Kemble's Stock Jobbing", pg. 124ff)
The New York State Register (1831; pg. 218)
List of Post Offices in the United States (1859; pg. 63
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John Barnard (politician)
In 1734 he successfully promoted an Act of Parliament (7 Geo. 2. c. 8) "to prevent the infamous practice of Stock-Jobbing". References
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London Stock Exchange (1986). Sir John Barnard's Act 1734. Reproduced from the original Crown Printers' Copies.
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Platen
Stock is fed into and out of the machine on a conveyor belt. See also
Jobbing press
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Printing
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La Maison Nucingen
Themes
Frederick Lawton wrote of this story "The Firm of Nucingen is a scathing satire of the world of stock-jobbing, where the money of the small investor
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Grieveson Grant
Grieveson Grant was a prominent stockbroking firm on the London Stock Exchange.
History
The firm was originally founded in 1869. Although, like many other banks at the time, Kleinwort Benson contemplated buying a jobbing firm in order to get into that part of the market, in the end
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H. Anna Quinby
In selling, she made connections which caused her to enter the wholesale end of the business after her own stock of lumber became exhausted. She was selling for several mills in southwestern Ohio as well as doing a general jobbing business.
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