Cost Center. Definition: A cost center is a business unit that is only responsible for the costs that it incurs. The manager of a cost center is not responsible for revenue generation or asset usage.The performance of a cost center is usually evaluated through the comparison of budgeted to actual costs.he costs incurred by a cost center may be aggregated into a cost pool and allocated to other business units, if the cost center performs services for the other business units. Examples of cost centers are as follows: 1  Accounting department.
In the first game of the CBA Finals against the Bayi Rockets and national team teammate Wang Zhizhi, Yao scored 32 points and grabbed 21 rebounds to spark Shanghai to a 116-105 victory.
James Edward Harden, Jr. (born August 26, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Harden played college basketball for Arizona State, where he was named a consensus All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2009. Harden was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. In 2012, he was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the Thunder and helped the team reach the NBA Finals. Harden was traded to Houston prior to the 2012â13 NBA season.