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Op-ed: When the machines learn to dig

Capital is flooding into mining automation, from Caterpillar to Travis Kalanick. The winners won’t be the biggest buyers. They’ll be whoever solves integration first.

  • Travis Kalanick acquires Pronto for $1.7B, entering mining industry
  • Acquisitions driven by equipment manufacturers, consumables firms, VCs
  • Integration challenge: siloed software applications in mining operations

Chinese Investment Reshapes Osaka's Nishinari Neighborhood

Osaka's Nishinari Ward, long known as a working-class neighborhood that accepted people from diverse backgrounds, is being rapidly reshaped by Chinese-led property development and a surge in…

  • Nishinari, traditionally diverse, now rapidly transforms due to Chinese-led development.
  • 67% of Nishinari's special-zone lodging facilities operated by Chinese businesses.
  • 85-year-old Okamoto displaced as community changes with new lodging facilities.

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