Seoul / AFP South Korea on Tuesday announced an economic stimulus package of 20 trillion won ($17 billion) as it cut its 2016 growth forecast due to slowing global demand and the fallout from Britain’s shock decision to leave the EU. The finance ministry revised its growth target for the year to 2.8 percent from 3.1 percent, and said ...

  Mumbai / Tribune News Service Starbucks Corp. will introduce Tata group’s single-origin coffee in the United States and its Himalayan mineral water in Singapore, launch its specialty tea brand Teavana in India, develop a signature Indian tea blend with Tata group, and introduce Starbucks Coffee on Vistara flights, as the world’s largest coffee retailer and its Indian ally strengthen ...

  Tokyo / AFP Takata shares jumped on Tuesday after the airbag supplier’s boss said he would resign once the company recovers from a scandal linked to at least 13 deaths and scores of injuries globally. The Tokyo-listed stock soared as much as 10 percent in early afternoon trade after chief executive Shigehisa Takada told the annual shareholder meeting that ...