News from elsewhere on the web (22 October 2009)

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Top three rubber producers remove export limits Malaysian Insider (Malaysia)

Goodyear Plans To Close Spartanburg Plant Fox Carolina (US - South Carolina)

Goodyear to close plant by 2010 Go Upstate (US - South Carolina)

Goodyear to close its Spartanburg plant News2 (US - South Carolina)

Initial US BD noms put November flat at 68 cents/lb ICIS (US - texas)

Spot rubber prices ease as buyers stay away The Hindu Business Line (India)

Spot rubber prices ease as buyers stay away Money Control (India)

Tire fires: a modern version Fleet Equipment (US)

German man sells turnkey condom manufacturing factories Crunch Gear (UK / Germany)

Birla Corp board to meet on Oct 23 The Hindu Business Line (India)

Gia Lai targets 125,000 ha of rubber trees by 2015 Voice of Vietnam (Vietnam)

Rubber Tapper Saves Up Money For 20 Years To Perform Haj Bernama (Malaysia)

Geely, Ford talks for Volvo unit may 'fall apart' Source (China)

Plans for giant tyre bonfire foiled in Tullow estate Carlow Nationalist (Ireland)

The General Mat Company launches its Safety Scrape matting Mining Safety (Australia)

Why has rubber (condoms) bounced back? Channel 4 (UK)

Take a virtual ride on the Goodyear blimp Danville News (US - Virginia)

Six of the best...recycled rubber products for the garden Telegraph (UK)