Tesla's humanoid robot is still in the lab, but it may be ready to sell as soon as the end of next year, chief executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Several companies have been betting on humanoid robots to meet potential labor shortages and perform repetitive tasks that could be dangerous or tedious in industries such as logistics, warehousing, retail and manufacturing. Musk told investors on a conference call that he guessed the Tesla robot, called Optimus, would be able to perform tasks in the factory by the end of this year.
Japan's annual business-to-business service inflation accelerated for the second month to hit 2.3% in March, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting firms continued to pass on rising labour costs thanks to prospects for sustained wage gains. The data underscores the Bank of Japan's view that rising service prices will replace cost-push inflation as a key driver of price gains, and help sustain inflation around its 2% target. The year-on-year rise in the services producer price index, which measures what companies charge each other for services, followed a 2.2% gain in February.
How Ranger Suárez went from being a hitter to one of the Phillies' best starting pitchers.
Thru | Total | Purse | ||
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F | -13 | $1,200,000 | ||
F | -11 | $666,834 | ||
F | -10 | $428,976 | ||
F | -10 | $428,976 | ||
F | -9 | $301,199 | ||
F | -8 | $246,434 | ||
F | -7 | $206,275 | ||
F | -6 | $180,721 | ||
F | -5 | $149,077 | ||
F | -5 | $149,077 |