News from elsewhere on the web (23 July 2009)

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Sabic, Exxon talk to Saudi petchem plant bidders Reuters (Saudi Arabia)

Continental CEO lashes out at Schaeffler -magazine Reuters (Germany)

Romanian health minister signs cooperation protocol with Pirelli Financiarul (Romania)

Defaults in Malaysia to be highest since 1997 Business 24/7 (Malaysia)

Les petits secrets de Michel Rollier, le patron de Michelin Capital (France)

The little secrets of Michel Rollier, Michelin's boss Above story auto-translated into English (from French)

Goodyear streicht 140 Stellen RP ONline (Germany)

Goodyear cuts 140 workers Above story auto-translated into English (from German)

Falcon Tyres plans to raise Rs 100 cr for expansion The Hindu Business Line (India)

Ford weaves global strategy around India small car The Hindu Business Line (India)

Global buys strengthen Apollo Tyres The Hindu Business Line (India)

GIDC allots 294.4 acres land at Dahej to SRF MyIris (India)

Ceat targets growth rate of 20% LiveMint (India)

Natural rubber output may dip 2.3 per cent globally Business Standard (India)

New project to plant rubber in Moneragala Daily News (Sri lanka)

Rubber estates too want sops Economic Times (India)

Nuclear Malaysia serving the nation AsiaOne News (Malaysia)

Cameroon: CDC Develops New Anti-Global Crisis Strategy Cameroon Tribune (Cameroon)

Ford China sales up 14% in H1 China Daily (China)

Beijing to support bid for Volvo Shanghai Daily (China)

Favorable policies drive Beijing's 7.8 percent GDP growth in H1 www.people.com (China)

Faulty tyres caused five deaths this year Gulf News (UAE)

Europe's unrest lead to creation of Wellco Smoky Mountain news (US - North Carolina)

Making a new font - using tyre tracks www.iqfont.com