News from elsewhere on the web (08 December 2008)

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Goodyear halts Turkey factory production for 10 days-AA Reuters via Anatolian (Turkey)

Butadiene prices plunge in Asia (to around $600/tonne) PolymerUpdate (Singapore)

China's Zhongding to cut price of placement shares Reuters (China)

Qingdao Xi Ying Men Group Alibaba (China)

Quebec law creating winter tire shortage The Standard (Canada)

Cheap imports derail tyre industry Economic Times (India)

Apollo Tyres cuts tyre prices on excise duty cut Reuters (India)

Auto parts makers see limited impact from GM, Ford woes The Hindu Business Line (India)

Seal PR lands Michelin contract for UK Birmingham Post (UK)

Toll on 60% of 2nd-tier roads to be lifted China Daily (China)

Labor agency, landowner agree to develop 5-hectare for rubber Mindanao Times (Philippines)

One of Mugabe's most reviled ministers killed in car crash The Zimbabwean (Zimbabwe)

Winter's tale: To build a tail St Petersburg Times (US - Florida)