News from elsewhere on the web (01 June 2009)

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Pirelli invests another 150 million euros in Slatina Ziarul Financiar (Romania)

French tyre workers (Clairoix) win minimum 50,000 euro pay-off Reuters (France)

RUBCO to open rubber compound mixing and tread rubber units The Hindu Business Line (India)

Obama Saving GM Needed Dealmaker Team to Break It in Bankruptcy Bloomberg (US )

China Commodities Surge On External Mkts After 2-Day Holiday Wall Street Journal (US / China)

China's futures trading volume rises 60% in May China Newswire (China)

Korea Hot Stocks - Hankook Tire rises on earnings hopes Forbes (Korea)

Europe´s Fastest Computer Unveiled in Jülichpress release via Chemie.de (Germany)

Tata Motors aims to sell 4,000 World Trucks this fiscal The Hindu Business Line (India)

Arakonam unit to reach full capacity: MRF Indopia (India)

Omnova Solutions Inks Labor Pact For Ohio latex Plant Trading Markets (US - Ohio)

Iran petchem exports hit $440m in month: report Teheran Times (Iran)

Tyre safety campaign to run through summer Gulf News (UAE)

India tyre exports drop by 9 per cent to 5.6 million units in FY 2008-09 Wheels Unplugged (India)

Campco plans to procure rubber The Hindu Business Line (India)

Rubber gloves industry gains in times of global infectious disease outbreak The Star (Malaysia)

Synthetic compared to natural rubber gloves The Star (Malaysia)

'Developing plantation industry vital' Daily News (Sri Lanka)

Unknown Individuals Set Young Rubber Trees Ablaze Again in Firestone The Informer (Liberia)

Subsidy cover for rubber producers Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Shortage of rubber could hurt South Business Mirror (Philippines)

China to lead the way in electric cars, says Bain China Daily (China)

Shanghai to pay drivers who upgrade their vehicles Shanghai Daily (China)

Cooper executive speaks at Good Morning World Advertiser-Tribune (US - Ohio)

Hutchinson Atom Road Tubeless Clincher First Ride RoadCycling (UK)

Flexitec provides Rubber Pavers Landscape Design (Australia)

Crews damp down at tyre fire site BBC (UK - Nottinghamshire)

Sherwood Forest fear as tyre blaze rages on Press Association (UK)

Mid-Twentieth Century Rubber Recycling io9.com (US - Ohio)