News from elsewhere on the web (31 Oct 2008)

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Asia's rubber growers to reduce production Radio Australia (Australia)

Nokia Tyres to Begin Lay-off Talks Uutiset (Finland)

Michelin (Oklahoma) Announces Voluntary Layoffs KTEN (US - Oklahoma)

Goodyear-Dunlop to Lay Off Workers (New York) WNED.org (US - New York)

Michelin [UK] workers will lose three shifts Staffordshire (UK)

Further Michelin (Scotland) cutbacks expected Courier (UK - Dundee)

Degussa set to close Aransas Pass unit Ingleside Index (US - Texas)

Iran, Syria Bolster Industrial Cooperation (tyre plant for Syria?) FARS news agency (Syria)

Inflatable dam considered for Santa Margarita River in Calif. SmartBrief (US - California)

Cabot Corp. F4Q08 (Qtr End 9/30/08) Earnings Call Transcrip Seeking Alpha (US)

1 Injured In Explosion At Rubber Plant NBC4 (US - Ohio)

Octagon to expand waste tyre pyrolysis business via JV The Edge (Malaysia)

Libya to Process Liberian Rubber Daily Observer (Liberia)

NPA attacks rubber plantation in Agusan Sun-Star (Philippines)

MFC starts futures fund Bangkok Post (Thailand)

Sri Lanka glove maker profits down 95-pct in Sept quarter Lanka Business (Sri lanka)

Malaysia's Riverview Rubber to delist from LSE Reuters (UK)

Rubber workers compensated after private firm axes 275 jobs Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)

Sinopec's net profit drops 63.7% in first nine months ChinaView.com (China)

Robust China-EU trade mixed with slowdown CE.cn (China)

Is Quebec's winter tire law leading to organized thefts CTV (Canada - Quebec)

The A to Z of tires Saudi Gazette (Saudi Arabia)

Carver of tires has designs on rubber treads Washington Times (US - DC)