News from elsewhere on the web (18 Nov 2008)

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Sumitomo Rubber plans tires free of oil Reuters (Japan)

Carlisle "Tire Plant Destroyed" in Fire WCTV (US - Georgia)

MEPs row back on tyre noise directive - T&E HGV Ireland (Ireland)

Apollo Tyres Plans Rs 3,000 crore (Euro 500 million) Investment in Next 5 Years TopNews (India)

Michelin Plans Production Cuts At Polish Tire Plant CNN Money (Poland)

Dunlop's Sahagunj unit headed for temporary closure The Hindu Business Line (India)

Dunlop deal to halt output sparks furore Telegraph (India)

Dunlop India stops prduction at Sahaganj unit indefinitely deepikaGlobal (India)

MOF releases details about VAT rebate (rubber goods, including tyres go to 9 percent from 5 percent) CCTV (China)

China to raise export rebate rate on 3,770 items China KNowledge (China)

China MOF: Export Tax Rebates To Rise To 9%-14% From Dec Dow Jones Newswire (China)

Michelin develops new tire (X-one for pick-ups) Greenville Times (US - Oregon)

Sava's flagship ranges of advanced printing blankets launched by J.L. Lennard Graphics ferret (Australia)

East Godavari takes up rubber cultivation The Hindu Business Line (India)

Tyre firm (Stapleton's) drives Guildford's largest industrial letting for 15 years Property Week (UK - Surrey)

Indonesia's economic growth slows TopNews (India)

DuPont and Invista back in court (over polyamide 6,6 patent claims) tce today (UK)

Malaysia sounds warning over US trade talks AFP (Malaysia)

Long-awaited bladder dam taking shape WCF Courier (US - Iowa)

Sime Darby's Ahmad Zubir copes with plunging price of palm oil Malaysian Insider (Malaysia)

Nigeria: Country Capable of Producing Rubber for Export - Don Daily Trust (Nigeria)

China considers policies to save auto market ChinaDaily (China)

Cleanroom Gloves are ambidextrous, with textured fingertips. Press release from Kimberley Clark (US - Georgai)

Unsafe baby bottle nipples Saudi Gazette (Saudi Arabia)

Golf ball makers are not playing nicely MyDesert (US - California)