News from elsewhere on the web (28 Feb 2011)

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Italian tyre maker Pirelli to invest 300 million Euros in China

Wheels Unplugged (China)

Taiwan`s FPG to Set Up Synthetic Rubber (butyl) Plant in China CENS (Taiwan)

RPG may give up $1bn Evonik bid Times of India (India)

Billionaire Goenka Said to Seek Partner to Buy Evonik Unit Bloomberg (India)

Spot rubber turns weak The Hindu Business Line (India)

Rubber Rebounding 32 percent as Reserve Drop Drives Michelin Costs Bloomberg (Japan)

M'sian rubber prices expected to ease this week The Star (Malaysia)

The highest rubber price will changce the economy and incomes of farmers AllVoices (Malaysia)

Rubber prices on a historic high Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)

Serbia: Police arrest 2 Bulgarian nationals over money misappropriation Focus-Fen (Serbia)

Tyre maker (Michelin) considering big new investment Press & Journal (UK - Scotland)

Bekaert to Expand China Cord Capacity as Profit Climbs 73 percent Bloomberg (China)

YHI Group (Yokohama) Optimistic On Brunei Market BruDirect (Brunei)

'Smuggling of tyres costs govt Rs 7 billion annually' Daily Times (Pakistan)

General Tyre: Govt urged to act against smuggling, under-invoicing Express-Tribune (Pakistan)

GTR enters into advance phase of tyre production Pakistan Observer (Pakistan)

GTR to launch world-class passenger car tyre Daily Times (Pakistan)

World class tyre manufacturing in Pakistan Pakistan Observer (Pakistan)

Companies continue to assess impact of quake National Business review (New Zealand)

Business as usual for Skellerup Business Day (New Zealand)

SRF gets board OK to invest Rs 6.65 bn; stock up Economic Times (India)

SRF Ltd plans Rs 665 cr investment to set up 2 new plants Economic Times (India)

RPG may give up $1bn Evonik bid Times of India (India)

Billionaire Goenka Said to Seek Partner to Buy Evonik Unit Bloomberg (India)

Environment conducive for natural rubber export The Hindu Business Line (India)

Goodyear to enter truck, bus radial market The Hindu Business Line (India)

Tyre makers seek duty waiver on raw material imports The Hindu Business Line (India)

Tyre companies appeal for more NR imports Business Standard (India)

Quality logo for export rubber will fetch better prices: Rubber Board Business Standard (India)

Natural rubber output seen up 4.8pc Malaysian Insider (Malaysia)

Rubber output not as large as growth target People's daily (China)

Delay in rubber payments affect 4,000 Tenom families Daily Express (East Malaysia)

Natural rubber import to increase, exports to decline: Survey Business Standard (India)

Rubber Production to Gain 4.8 percent in 2011, Association Says Bloomberg (Malaysia)

Locally made car prices drop slightly China Daily (China)

2 employees at Bridgestone warehouse hurt (after Tornado) The Tennessean (US - Tennessee)