News from elsewhere on the web (14 April 2009)

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Taiwan`s Kenda opens north China`s biggest tire production base Antara news (China)

Crise - Une semaine de congés forcés pour les salariés du siège de Michelin LePoint (French Language)

Crisis - A week of forced leave for employees of the headquarters of Michelin Above story auto-transalated into English language.

Asia Rubber-Tyre makers buy forward cargo, China chases SIR20 Reuters (UK)

Rubber rises to 5-month high Business Standard (India)

Auto recovery, supply shortage lift rubber price above Rs 100/kg Economic Times (India)

Global rubber output to see biggest drop since 1993 Reuters (Singapore)

Identifying RFID's Biggest Threats RFID Journal (US)

Tatneftekhiminvest suggests creating JV with Lanxess Oil & Gas Eurasia (Tartarstan)

Pirelli sees 2009 Europe tyre market down 10 pct-report Reuters (Italy)

Years needed for tyre market recovery -Continental Reuters (Germany)

Workers 'inconvenienced' by shutdown ABC News (Australia)

DuPont initiates unpaid leave Delaware online (US - Delaware)

Agreement on dams saves money for now Arizona Republic (US - Arizona)

This year FIAT will start preparing for new model, Dinkic BSanna News (Serbia)

German group plans joint ventures The Hindu (India)

Rubber institute working to make tyres more environment-friendly Livemint (India)

Training centre for tsunami victims opened express buzz (India)

MRF posts Rs 68-cr net profit; rising rubber prices cause concern The Hindu Business Line (India)

JK Tyre sticks to expansion plans, to invest Rs 500 cr despite slowdown Economic Times (India)

Tyre makers seek Govt help to check rubber prices The Hindu Business Line (India)

Apollo XTRAX brand off-the-road tyres roll off from its Limda unit in Gujarat Wheels Unplugged (India)

CS Cabot ups sales by 12% to CZK 2.618bn in fiscal yr 2007/2008 Prague Daily Monitor (Czech Republic)

China's auto sales surpass US for 3rd month CE.cn (China)

March car sales up 10.26% year-on-year CE.cn (China)

China's auto sales hit record 1.11m in March CE.cn (China)

Mercedes-Benz China sales surge 30% in Q1 China Daily (China)

Dongfeng recalls 5,014 faulty sedans Xinhua (China)

Defunct sign company ImagePoint agrees to file for bankruptcy by Friday Knoxville.Biz (US - Tennessee)

Sempermed Offers SemperGuard Nitrile Industrial Glove Safety Online (US - Florida)

Michelin implicated in tax fraud Family business (UK)

Tire giant Michelin pulls out of Shanghai show Alibaba (China)

Auto-parts Makers in Taiwan Look For Calm Amid Global Storm CENS.com (Taiwan)

Resilio includes greatly improved gentle squeezing performance Fibre2fashion (India / UK)