Walmart (WMT) is robotic janitors in some of its stores. Walmart has purchased several Autonomous Cleaner (Auto-C) robots from Brain Corporation. An Auto-C robot looks like a Zamboni, the machine used to clean ice rinks. The robots scrub floors and clean store aisles. Sensors in the robots allow them to navigate around customers and other […]
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Are the costs of owning a car fixed, variable, or mixed?
According to a recent news article in the Wall Street Journal (“Mercedes or Ford, It Costs a Lot More Than You Think,” Wall Street Journal, Sunday Journal, March 15, 2014), the average consumer spends more than $760 a month on his/her vehicle and related expenses. Purchase price of the car Finance charges on […]
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