News from elsewhere on the web (18/July/2008)

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Pirelli launches talks to buy out minorities in Turkey tyre units - sources Forbes (Turkey)

Continental plots defence to $18 bln bid Guardian (UK)

VW CEO backs any merger of Continental AG with Schaeffler Hemscott (Germany)

VW angry with Schaeffler for not tipping it off on Continental bid plans Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung via Hemscott (Germany)

Continental AG CEO, supervisory board head divided over Schaeffler bid - reports Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung via Hemscott (Germany)

Schaeffler bid puts disclosure in the spotlight FT (UK / Germany)

Schaeffler to take control of Continental AG only in 2010 - report NDR1 via Forbes (Germany)

Goodyear Workers Asked to Vote to Close Plant Early CBS (US - Texas)

Vietnam, Thailand to forge rubber cooperation China View (Vietnam)

Tokyo rubber dips as weak charts trigger fund sales Reuters (Japan)

Russia's Voronezh Region opts for innovation to attract income - governor rian (Russia)

Vacu-Lug to make redundancies Grantham Journal (UK)

Continental's Changshu HBS Factory Opens Business Trading Markets (China)

Nearly 20% of Zhejiang firms see losses China Daily (China)

Honda to put the brakes on its hybrid Shanghai Daily (China)

Spencers to form two international JVs over 2 months Economic Times (India)