Bloomberg A withering factory town in Japan’s Rust Belt is looking for revival through a dose of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “robot revolution.” Kadoma’s population has declined 13 percent as the nation ages, prompting mergers among elementary schools and emergency services departments. Factories can’t find enough people to run assembly lines, further threatening an industrial base that includes titan ...

  Emirates Business Over the past decade, the GCC region has witnessed rapid economic development and demographic changes, including the influx of expatriates, which in turn has increased the region’s overall population. This coupled with rise in per capita income has fuelled the demand for residential units in the GCC region, said Al Masah Capital, region’s leading investment firm, in ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The Middle East and North Africa’s leading shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer, Majid Al Futtaim, continues its expansion and announced a new AED 300 million project in Abu Dhabi – “My City Centre Masdar”. The new mall will be located in the heart of Masdar City, one of the world’s most sustainable urban ...