The restructuring costs are putting further strain on a stretched balance sheet.
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restructuring charge — UK US noun [C, usually plural] (also restructuring cost) ACCOUNTING, FINANCE ► the cost of organizing a company in a new way to make it operate more effectively: »The company will take $16.4 million pretax restructuring charges for employment… … Financial and business terms
restructuring — re·struc·tur·ing /ˌrē strək chə riŋ/ n: the act or process of changing the structure of something (as a corporation or its ownership of securities) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. restructuring … Law dictionary
restructuring provision — ➔ provision * * * restructuring provision UK US noun [C or U] ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE an amount shown in a company s accounts relating to the probable cost of organizing the company in a new way: »Pre tax profits were £189m against £163m a year ago … Financial and business terms
cost cut — cost cutting UK US /ˈkɒstˌkʌtɪŋ/ noun [U] ► the process of reducing how much a company or organization spends: »Restructuring and cost cutting has led to an increase in annual earnings for the industry. cost cutting adjective [before noun] ►… … Financial and business terms
cost-cutting — UK US /ˈkɒstˌkʌtɪŋ/ noun [U] ► the process of reducing how much a company or organization spends: »Restructuring and cost cutting has led to an increase in annual earnings for the industry. cost cutting adjective [before noun] ► »cost cutting… … Financial and business terms
Restructuring — This article is about reorganizing business structures. For other uses, see Restructuring (disambiguation). Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a… … Wikipedia
Restructuring Charge — A one time cost that must be paid by a company when it reorganizes. A restructuring charge might be incurred in the process of furloughing or laying off employees, closing manufacturing plants, shifting production to a new location or writing off … Investment dictionary
Cost of capital — The cost of capital is a term used in the field of financial investment to refer to the cost of a company s funds (both debt and equity), or, from an investor s point of view the shareholder s required return on a portfolio of all the company s… … Wikipedia
Cost Cutting — Measures implemented by a company to reduce its expenses and improve profitability. Cost cutting measures may include laying off employees, reducing employee pay, switching to a less expensive employee health insurance program, downsizing to a… … Investment dictionary
Debt restructuring — is a process that allows a private or public company – or a sovereign entity – facing cash flow problems and financial distress, to reduce and renegotiate its delinquent debts in order to improve or restore liquidity and rehabilitate so that it… … Wikipedia
