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Please consider Robot Master Chef Cooks 2,000 Recipes, Cleans Up, Does the Dishes . A California company, Morley Robotics, has teamed with the UK’s Shadow Robot Company, to develop a smartphone-controlled robot master chef capable of cooking world-class fare just as Chef Watson. The robot was unveiled at a recent event at Hanover Messe Robotic Technology Fair in Germany
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Home Builders Optimistic Despite Decline in Traffic; Housing Market Index Declines The National Association of Home Builders’ Housing Market Index once again reveals positive builder sentiment even though new home sales are weak. The HMI is Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for 30 years
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In one of the few economic bright spots recently, housing starts surged beating Bloomberg Consensus Estimates . Highlights There were hardly any indications before today, but the spring housing surge is here
The Financial Times discusses the situation in Tsipras Letter Reveals Precariousness of Greece’s Finances . Greece came so close to defaulting on last week’s €750m International Monetary Fund repayment that the prime minister warned IMF chief Christine Lagarde he could not pay it without EU aid
Industrial Production, Down 5th Month, Weaker Than Economist Expectations Industrial production came in at -0.3%, down for the fifth consecutive month below the Bloomberg Consensus Estimate . Industrial production is stalling, down 0.3 percent in April for a 5th straight monthly contraction. Factories are cutting back with capacity utilization down 4 tenths to 78.2 percent
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