News from elsewhere on the web 27/Feb/08

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Tokyo rubber gains 2 pct as oil hits record peak Reuters (Japan)

Sergey Lebedev -- World Owes Synthetic Rubber to Russia IC Russia (Russia)

Evonik IPO on hold due to markets turbulence; seeking outright buyers - report AFX via Forbes via WirtschaftsWoche (Germany)

Germany's Lanxess in talks with GIC on stake-paper Reuters via Frankfurter Allgemeine (Singapore)

Lanxess denies talks with Singapore's GIC on stake Reuters (Singapore)

The Marine Hose Cartel: A New Era In International Co-Operation Company law (UK)

Asia BD tumbles on deep-sea arrivals ICIS (Singapore)

Lanxess fights US slowdown ICIS (Singapore)

He Hit the Road, Found Rubber (Book review on Henry Wickham) Wall Street Journal (US)

Lula inaugurates Michelin tire factory in the Campo Grande Prensa Latina (Brazil)

Kossan FY07 profit surges to RM60.2m The Edge (Malaysia)

Reduce duty on natural rubber The Hindu Business Line (India)

Reduce excise duty on tyres: Ceat Money Control (India)

MMTC plans to import truck-bus tyres from China The Hindu Business Line (India)

'No change in rubber export target' Financial Express (India)

Skellerup douses windfall hopes Stuff (New Zealand)

No responsibility on UK to eliminate double taxation (Pirelli Cable tax case reaches UK court) Times Online (UK)

Condoms in nation's service MeriNews (India)

Hospital system working on latex safe environment Norman Transcript (US - Oklahoma)

Toyo Tire Canada Inc. - New president Inside Track (Canada)

Listed firms ordered to submit green data China Daily (China)

Energy Consumption to Fall by 5 Percent Shanghai Daily (China)

Zinc Futures Surge on Supply Shortages China Daily (China)