News from elsewhere on the web (02 Sept 2010)

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LyondellBasell to ease allocation on US BD in September - sources ICIS (US - Texas)

Spot rubber nosedives on bearish sentiments The Hindu Business Line (India)

Rubber Climbs as China Car Sales Send Shanghai to Two-Year High Bloomberg (Japan)

Xingda launches up to HK$793m follow-on IFR Asia (Hong Kong)

Xingda Stock Sale Seeks to Raise HK$793.1 Million Bloomberg (Hong Kong)

Local strikes are giving global car makers the jitters Business report (South Africa)

Auto sector 'extremely concerned' over strike Dispatch Online (South Africa)

VW SA SHUTS UITENHAGE PLANT 'INDEFINITELY' Motoring (South Africa)

Michelin confirms WRC interest and begins testing Max Rally (France)

Microflex Acquires Black Dragon, Examination Gloves From MedTexx Comtex via Trading markets (US - New Jersey)

Rubber output up in Aug, offtake drops The Hindu Business Line (India)

Natural rubber production up 8.5% in April-August Business Standard (India)

160 Ceat employees enrol for VRS (Voluntary retirement) offer MyDigitalFC (India)

Scarcity of spare tyres affect maintenance work Times of India (India)

Passenger car sales increase 59.26% in Aug Xinhua (China)

Beijing to have 4.5 million vehicles this week China Daily (China)

Men Are More Open to Condoms Than Many Women Think Psychology Today (Australia)

Behavior of a viscoelastic valveless pump: a simple theory with experimental validation BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2010, 9:42(country)

Tyre terrors Pakenham News (Australia)