BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Carrying Cost
- any expense associated with holding stock for a given period, for example, from the time of delivery to the time of dispatch. Carrying costs will include storage and insurance.
Additional Resources
- Agrium to Adjust Carrying Cost of Its Canadian Phosphate Operations
- ALL AMOUNTS ARE STATED IN U.S.$ Agrium Inc. (TSX: AGU) (NYSE: AGU) announced today it expects to adjust the carrying cost of its Kapuskasing phosphate rock mine and associated Redwater phosphate facility resulting in a non-cash, after tax charge of approximately $100-million in the Corporation's fourth quarter financial results....
- Research articles 2006-12-18
- Agrium to Adjust Carrying Cost of its Kenai, Alaska facility.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Dec 2, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX ALL AMOUNTS ARE STATED IN U.S.$ Agrium Inc. (TSX and NYSE: AGU) announced today it expects to adjust the carrying cost of its Kenai, Alaska nitrogen facility, resulting in a non-cash, after tax charge...
- Research articles 2003-12-03
- Varying The Carrying Cost For Individual Products
- From the executive summary: ‘It is important to know the cost of carrying inventory. It is a critical factor in deciding what products to stock and when to re-order them, as well as the best quantity to order. Too often companies and organizations use an imprecise rule of thumb to...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Dealing With Items That Experience Sporadic Sales
- It is important to know your cost of carrying inventory. It is a critical factor in deciding what products to stock and when to reorder them, as well as the best quantity to order. Too often companies and organizations use an imprecise "rule of thumb" to estimate their cost of...
- White papers 2001-01-01
- When the Price Goes Down, How Much Do You Buy?
- Cost of an item is dependent on how much is purchased. The number of items purchased would also have an effect on the inventory carrying cost. The inventory carrying cost is directly proportional to inventory taxes and insurance. An organization can also experience inventory shrinkage (lost, damaged, or stolen material)...
- White papers 1999-01-01
- Comcast, CBS have HD issues: op claims network is reneging on 'cost-free' pledge to FCC chairman Powell.
- Comcast Corp. claims it isn't carrying CBS'S HDTV signals because the broadcaster has failed to make them available "at no cost," according to the MSO's filing with the Federal Communications Commission last week. The Tiffany Networ Comcast Corp....
- Research articles 2003-06-30
- Pier 1, Cost Plus Battle on the Brink
- With poor results getting retail stocks hammered on Wall Street, even more pain is being inflicted on the already beat up home furnishings sector where two major players, Pier 1 and Cost Plus, started today with share prices under a dollar and questions about their survival looming. ...
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- Better health at lower cost? It won't equate unless we educate. (Pfizer forum).(better health education)
- The twenty-first century has arrived, carrying with it the benefit of ongoing medical innovation and the promise of additional scientific breakthroughs. Today, Americans have the possibility of better health and more effective healthcare than ever be The twenty-first century has arrived, carrying with it the benefit...
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- Court upholds limits on pole attachment fees: the Supreme Court rules that cost of cable's high-speed-data wires will be regulated by FCC
- The cable industry won a major battle as The U.S. Supreme Court upheld limits on how much operators may be charged for attaching wires carrying high-speed data to utility poles. Congress gave the Federal Communications Commission the power to regulate the fees charged to attach wires carrying cable television...
- Research articles 2002-01-21
- Last week we reported on a 'doctor-on-a-chip' capable of carrying out blood tests within minutes rather than days. (Comment).
- Last week we reported on a 'doctor-on-a-chip' capable of carrying out blood tests within minutes rather than days. This week on page 7 we bring news of a low-cost device developed by 3D Molecular Sciences allowing diagnosis of a propensity for a wide range of genetic disorders. That's...
- Research articles 2002-05-10
- C/SCAPE Study Defines Cost of Doing Business
- More than a year ago, after C/SCAPE software began to shed light on the cost of carrying that dusty can of corned beef hash, retailers are still looking for concrete evidence that gross profit isn't the only way to measure success. This article provides brief discussion on a study which...
- White papers 2002-10-01
- Trans-Atlantic cocktails carrying a price tag
- Free booze in coach on trans-Atlantic flights of U.S. carriers has flown away. United Airlines recently started charging $5 a tipple in coach on U.S.-Europe routes. Cost-cutting is the motive, says a United spokeswoman. American, Continental, Delta and US Airways previously stopped pouring no-cost spirits in economy class on...
- Research articles 2005-04-08
- Waxed fibreboard cuts the cost of transporting meat.
- Waxed Fibreboard Cuts the Cost of Transporting Meat An economic and hygienic answer for carrying meat in bulk has been found by using disposable waxed fibreboard 'bins'. McIntosh Donald of Aberdeen, one of Scotland's largest meat wholesalers, were using open top plastics containers. For obvious reasons-each...
- Research articles 1990-04-01
- United States Steel Corp. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Dave Martin - Deutsche Bank. Dave Martin - Deutsche Bank I had two questions on costs. On the ongoing costs in the Flat-rolled business, could you detail what's included and maybe give us a breakdown of what's included...
- Earnings calls 2009-04-28
- Coping with Real Estate's New Reality
- The Kazanjians' second home in Florida has become a costly drain on their resources. The short answer: It doesn’t. While there are a lot of...
- Articles 2009-09-04
- Farmers count the cost of flood chaos
- Byline: LAURA WINN and CLAIRE BARRATT FARMERS across Coventry and Warwickshire are being asked to count the cost of the freak weather as part of a nationwide survey. The National Farmers' Union is carrying out the study, after farms suffered weeks of torrential rain, flooding and...
- Research articles 2000-12-01
- NTL poised for online price war; Cable giant set to slash cost of fast web access
- Byline: SARAH BRIDGE CABLE giant NTL is poised to launch a price war in the UK home internet market by slashing the cost of high-speed access to the World Wide Web. Cable customers could soon be offered 24-hour internet connections for as little as [pounds sterling]5...
- Research articles 2000-10-29
- SpaceDev Awarded Microspacecraft Study Contract by NASA's JPL; SpaceDev to Provide Guidance for Low Cost Mars Missions
- SAN DIEGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 25, 1999--SpaceDev (OTC BB:SPDV), the world's first commercial space exploration and development company, announced its ISS Integrated Space Systems subsidiary has been awarded a contract from NASA's JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory to study the feasibility of and concepts for low-cost microspacecraft which could provide scientific, probe-carrying, telecommunications...
- Research articles 1999-01-25
- Ryanair unveils latest cost-saving measure -- no luggage
- LONDON AFP ? Having squeezed out just about every cost saving from Internet-only booking, underused airports and easy-to-clean seats, Irish budget airline Ryanair unveiled its latest idea to keep prices low -- banning luggage. Well, not all luggage. But passengers using the carrier in coming years could find themselves...
- Research articles 2004-07-09
- [1654] Deductions for low-cost capital items made easier.
- Sep 29, 2003 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Taxation Office ATO has recently issued ATO Practice Statement PS LA 2003/8. Entitled "Taxation treatment of expenditure on low cost items for taxpayers carrying out a business", it sets out new mechanisms...
- Research articles 2003-09-29
