News from elsewhere on the web 29/May/07

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Hankook Tire eyes overseas expansion Financial Times (UK / Korea)

Michelin invests a lot Warsaw Business Journal (Poland)

Yet, REACH is here New Europe (Brussels) -- Scroll down for European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallström' s views on REACH directive: "the lobby activity on REACH has been unprecedented in the history of our institutions, and strong lobbyists with a lot of money and lots of political influence, and this, of course, you can see in the end result. "

Pirelli not planning IPO for tyre ops - Radiocor ABC Money (Italy)

Empire Rubber sale clears final hurdle Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

Empire deal set to close - Takeover agreement goes to commission Bendigo news (Australia)

Global auto majors to up sourcing from India Business Standard (India)

Linatex exhibit new Genesis Cyclone at Hillhead 2007 Materials Handling (UK)

Slovak firms hire Romanies, but complain about low qualification Romea.cz (Czech / Slovak Republic)

Tyre market evolves Mining Magazine (on giant tyre shortage) (country)

ExxonMobil Chemical to focus on Asia growth Spero News (China)

http://www.vir.com.vn/Client/VIR/index.asp?url=content.asp&doc=13375 Vietnam Investment Review (Vietnam)

Ford Vietnam, Goodyear tires ink cooperation agreement Thanh Nien News (Vietnam)

New import duty system for tyres Daily News (Sri Lanka)

Tradewinds to go big in rubber plantation The Star (Malaysia)

Indonesian province asks church to maintain rubber plantations Indian Catholic (Indonesia)

India plans 'rubber fencing' along northeast border Indian Muslims (India)

India retains top slot in rubber productivity Economic Times (India)

Rubber Board to demand 2% cap on futures price volatility Financial Express (India)

Two RSR Tyres warehouses burnt in "suspicious" fires Croydon Gaurdian (UK)

Formula One fans lose ruling over 2005 tire fiasco Hindustan Times (US / India)

Getting to grips with new tyres from old IC Wales (UK - Wales)