News from elsewhere on the web (12 December 2008)

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Conti rebuffs demands for rubber group sale FT (Germany)

Job losses in France 2008 Les Echoes (France -- French language)

Automotive plans major job cuts in France in 2008 Les Echoes (Automated translation into English) Profiles plant at Le Barre Thomas losese 100 jobs; Trelleborg at Carquefou loses 311.

Barre Thomas : plan de départ chez le fournisseur de PSA LeBlogFinance (France - French language)

Barre Thomas plan starting from the supplier of PSA LeBlogFinance (Automated translation into English)

«Sibur» resumed talks on the takeover Amtel-Vredestein RosInvest (Russian Language original)

«Sibur» resumed talks on the takeover Amtel-Vredestein Rosinvest (Automated translation into English)

Tire Plant Amtel resumed its suspended production in October RosInvest (Russian Language original)

Tire Plant Amtel resumed its suspended production in October Rosinvest (Automated translation into English)

Auto parts plant (Freudenberg-NOK) closing Journal gazette (US - Indiana)

More jobs being cut: HENNIGES WILL CLOSE DOORS FOR TWO TO THREE WEEKS The Tribune (Canada - Ontario)

Workers Laid Off at American National Rubber Cadiz Record (US - Kentucky)

Fenner-Dunlop to hire 100-plus workers in US Independent Mail (US - South Carolina)

Govt grapples with Dunlop dilemma Times of Kolkata (India)

Continental re-enters India with four-wheeler tyres The Hindu Business Line (India)

Nation's rubber acreage to increase to 700,000 ha Vietnam.net (Vietnam)

Rubber sector set for facelift Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)

Global auto majors accelerate pace of sourcing components from India The Hindu Business Line (India)

NMCE resumes rubber futures The Hindu Business Line (India)

Export of auto parts to the US may shrink China Daily (China)

China, US team up for green vehicles China Daily (China)