News from elsewhere on the web 20/Mar/06

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'Growers must contribute to rubber research' - RRII director The Hindu Business Line (India)

Ford's Volvo car to make cars in China CRI (China)

Great Wall to drive into Russian car market Shenzhen Daily (China)

China gets $17b of loans for transport development Xinhua (China)

Metalpha changing managers near end of plant's first decade[Bridgestone's US steelcord plant expands again] Leaf Chronicle (US - Tennessee)

Bridgestone's Tyre Price To Increase By April 1 Bernama (Malaysia)

Does F1 make sense for Pirelli? GrandPrix.com (US)

Big tyres [shortage] flatten mines boom Sunday Times (Australia)

Goodyear dismisses tyre fears. [in NASCAR] Crash.net (US)

INTER, PIRELLI TOGETHER FOR CHINA Noticias.info (Spain / Italy)

Goodyear sees easing 2006 Asia sales growth Reuters.com (China)

17-day peat fire in Pengerang estates doused New Straits Times (Malaysia)

Dac Lac grows rubber trees in southern Lao provinces VNA (Vietnem)

Sverdlovsk Region industrial production indicators grows by 7.5% by February 2006 (Rubber, plastic up over 50 percent) Ural Business Consulting (Russia)

Para Rubber bought by Plastic Box New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

Imlay City looks for bounce from rubber plant Flint Journal (US - Michigan)

Rubber futures could stretch their bull run The Hindu Business Line (India)

Lite-On Technology to acquire 100% share in [TPMS maker] Lite-On Automotive DigiTimes (Taiwan)

It's important to have tires of the right traction Victoria Advocate (US - Texas)

A spare tyre may save you Times (UK)