News from elsewhere on the web (07 January 2009)

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Asia BD nears bottom (at $380) but recovery will be slow ICIS (Singapore)

British Vita agrees standstill with lenders FT.com (UK)

Truck sales hit the bump, decline 73% in Dec The Hindu Business Line (India)

Commercial vehicle cos expect 6-month lag for sales to pick up The Hindu Business Line (India)

Strike costing India Rs 10,000 cr daily: Truckers Indian Express (India)

Truckers strike gathers momentum news Domain-B (India)

Striking truckers hope government will talk to them ThaiIndian (India)

Rubberatkins Unveils £3Million Aberdeen Expansion Plan for 2009 Oil Voice (UK - Scotland)

Formosa shuts 700,000tpy naphtha unit on demand fears Reuters (Taiwan)

Russia's strategic chemical companies named (Nizhnekamskshina, Amtel, Sibur on list) RosBusiness (Russia)

Active Wheel Could Be Rolling by 2010 New York Times AutoBlog (US - New York)

Tyre stocks present mixed signals The Hindu Business Line (India)

Top Glove Q1 Net Profit Up 16pc on Firm Sales iStock Analyst (Malaysia)

Vietnam to reduce rubber shipments by almost a third ThanhNien (Vietnam)

Auto parts (AVS maker) plant to cut staff MarshallTribune (US - Tennessee)

GM sees slow sales growth in mainland China Daily (China)

China in the auto drivers seat China Daily (China)

Utah business (Rubber Technologies) slammed with $70,000 phone bill ABC4 (US - Utah)