News from elsewhere on the web (06 March 2009)

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Tyre makers cancel rubber buys as crisis bites Reuters (Singapore)

OC Oerlikon schreibt dunkelrote Zahlen Neue Schweitzer Zeitung (Switzerland - German language)

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Goodyear (Topeka) to cut up to 225 CJ Online (US - Kansas)

Goodyear workers in Kansas approve contract modifications Akron Beacon Journal (US - Ohio)

CARLISLE'S PIRELLI FACTORY TO AXE JOBS AND ENFORCE MORE SHUTDOWNS Cumberland News (UK)

Kumho 'Absolutely Committed' to Macon Tire Plant Global Atlanta (US - Georgia)

Michelin loans to create local jobs The Record (Canada - Ontario)

ElringKlinger AG promoted to MDAX FinanxNachrichten (Germany)

Continental AG orders off 30 pct in Jan/Feb-sources Reuters (Germany)

RubberMark seeks excise duty exemption The Hindu Business Line (India)

9 hour blaze at rubber factory Straits Times (Malaysia / Singapore)

RM10m damage in rubber factory fire New Straits Times (Malaysia)

Dunlop India announces reopening of Sahagunj plant TopNews (India)

Move to reopen Dunlop with 229 staff opposed The Statesman (India)

Supermax to focus on organic growth The Star (Malaysia)

No capex this year, Supermax to focus The Edge (Malaysia)

Hungary has €159 mln trade deficit in 2008 - second reading Budapest Business Journal (Hungary)

Inflation skids to a 7-year low of 3.03 per cent news Domain-B (India)

Chery reportedly approved to buy Volvo chinadaily.com.cn (China)

Vietnamese enterprises do not dump footwear in Canada Nhan Dan (Vietnam)

The Hawke's Bay tyre mountain 3news (New Zealand)

Tire legislation offers solution for open mines YumaSun (US - Arizona)

Artificial turf war breaks out in Town Hall Greenwich Citizen (US - Connecticut)