With markets being mixed dollar gained enough to be at the highest level since January. Oil is also strong. The crude is now at the highest point in almost three years. In the meantime Armenian conflict seemed to have been over.
Amazon is planning on building home-robots.
Amazon started out as an online-shop in a garage and today it is one of the biggest retail sellers in the world having offices in different countries and even producing their own merchandise. About 10 years ago Amazon launched their own e-book devise and almost 5 years ago Echo was released, so now Amazon is so much more than just an online shop with even owning their own film studio. Now this world-wide retailer wants to launch their own innovative technology – robots for home.
According to the anonymous source, close to Amazon, retailer is now very secretively working on domestic robots that can help dealing with every-day tasks around the house. It is said that the project is run by Gregg Zehr, the head of the laboratory which developed Each speakers, Fire TV and Fire Phone. The information is also confirmed by the job vacancies for the laboratory as it is now seeking robotics experts in various fields.
The robots will not be alike to the robots which are already “employed” by Amazon and working at the warehouse of the company around the globe. Whether this project will be successful no one can say for now as the people and market spectators interested in the information are waiting for the official confirmation form Amazon.
Is Armenian conflict coming to an end?
At the end of last week we told about the riots which swallowed Armenian capital city of Yerevan. There thousands of young people came out in the streets and demanded that the former president of the country Serzh Sargsyan who occupied the post of the prime minister be remover from the post.
Recent news from the country note that the whole government of the country has surrendered the office. Document on the official website of Armenian president says that according to the constitution of the country he has to accept government’s resignation. Head of the opposition Nikol Pashinyan stated that he will continue his fight for the new government to be formed as well as snap elections.
Earlier is became known to the public that massive riots have become the reason for Sargsyan’s resignation. Now his position is occupied by Karen Karapetyan. Protest have been ongoing in Yerevan since April 13th.
Stocks, currencies and crude overview.
Dollar today is at the highest point in almost 4 months and with that Euro and pound are mostly stable and yen is going down. Markets are mixed.
Stoxx Europe 600 Index went down 0.1 percent.
S&P 500 Futures grew 0.1 percent.
MSCI Asia Pacific went up by 0.3 percent.
MSCI Emerging Market Index fell 0.1 percent.
MSCI All-Country World gained less than 0.05 percent.
FTSE advanced 0.1 percent.
Dollar has been gaining for six days straight and has gone up to the highest point in 14 weeks.
Euro went down by 0.05 percent - $1.2205.
Pound is 0.1 percent lower - $1.3924.
Yen fell 0.1 percent being the weakest in 10 weeks – 108.87 yen per dollar.
WTI oil costs $69.14 per barrel – the best price in 3 years.
Gold went up 0.1 percent - $1.325.70 per ounce.
