News from elsewhere on the web (15 December 2008)

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Rubber footwear factory of Tigar Corporation officially opened Emportal (Serbia)

Butadiene prices continue to slide in Asia (to around $550/tonne) Polymer Update (Korea)

China SBR market lukewarm on US auto bailout plan ICIS (Singapore)

Birla Tyres loses many workers The Statesman (India)

Union Concessions at Texarkana Cooper Tire Plant KAIT8 (US - Arkansas)

Großchemie drosselt Prod FT Deutschland (Germany -- German Language)

large chemical production slows FT Deutschland (Germany -- Automatically translated into English Language)

Tyre makers on rough terrain The Hindu Business Line (India)

Glove makers resilient The Edge (Malaysia)

Rubber prices fall drastically affecting growers Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

DuPont's Cooper River (Hytrel) site to stay open Charleston Business Journal (US - South Carolina)

Nation to expand rubber cultivation area Vietnam.net (Vietnam)

Nigeria: Poor Policy Environment Deflates Dunlop Tyre Vanguard via AllAfrica (Nigeria)

American National Rubber Shut Down WSAZ (US - West Virginia)

VW China plants to suspend production CE.cn (China)

Growth in China auto production, sales slow down in 1st 11 months ChiaView.com (country)

Dunlop issue snowballing into political controversy The Hindu Business Line (India)

Widow of Travis Barker's assistant sues plane, tire (Goodyear) companies LATimes (US - California)

Travis Barker sues plane maker - and more - for crash LATimes (US - California)

Quebec's winter tire law starts Monday (today) UPI (Canada - Quebec)

It's not just money that motivates staff News.com.au (Australia) (Michelin's incentivisation scheme in Australia)