News from elsewhere on the web (15/Jan/2007)

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China becomes No. 2 vehicle market
AP (China)

BMW now the Top Luxury Brand for China's Richest
Hurun Report (China)

The Long Case for Cabot Corporation
Seeking Alpha (US-based investor advice)

Rubber additive industry in China on a boom
Adsale Industry Portal (US / China)

Pirelli's tyre unit hires BNP, BMPS to organise 500 mln eur credit line
Forbes (Italy)

Rubber Trading Shifts to Shanghai
Wall St Journal (US / China / Japan)

Dubai Investments unit acquires 51% stake in International Rubber
Gulf News (U.A.Emirates)

Dunlop eyes Rs 1300cr turnover in 2007-08
Business Standard (India)

The first tyre rolled out of Dunlop's Sahaganj factory yesterday
Money Control (India)

[Runflat] tires bring on a case of sticker shock
Daily Press (US - Virginia)

Robotic assembly lines help drive tire innovation
San Francisco Chronicle (US)

Top motoring personality backs tyre company franchise etyres
The Franchise Magazine (UK)
etyres.co.uk
website (UK)

Online car tyre distributor to debut on the bourse
Warsaw Business Journal (Poland)
Oponeo.pl
website (poland)

Russian tyre brand Sibur to target UK aftermarket at Brityrex International 2007
AutoIndustry (UK)

Supermax sets sights on building glove complex
Business Times (Malaysia)

Dunlop scrip likely to resume trading soon
The Telegraph (India)

Liberia's "Iron Lady" ends first year on a high
Reuters (Liberia)

Customs cut may make soaps, tyres cheaper
Economic Times (India)

Synthesis Caoutchouc Plant blast victim dies in hospital
APA (Russia)

FIRE! .....Goodyear building gutted in 10-hour blaze
Jamiaca Observer (Jamaica)

Free trade pact with ASEAN may be ready by July
The Hindu Business Line (India)

Vietnam short of rubber for export to China
Thanh Nien News (Vietnam)

Vietnamese rubber suppliers worry about impact of bouncy Chinese demand
People's Daily (China)

Vietnam rubber industry sets up export risk fund
Thanh Nien News (Vietnam)

Black Circles loses FD
The Scotsman (Scotland)

Nigeria: 'Dunlop's Priority is Safety, Not Price'
This Day via Allafrica (Nigeria)

Local Tyre mountain may be cleared
Fakenham Times (UK)

[Chinese] Gov't tightens car export rules
China Daily (China)

Chinese carmakers plan great leap forward in US
AFP (China)