News from elsewhere on the web (14 March 2009)

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Do Online Strategies Drive Tire Prospects? Seeking Alpha (US - interesting article about how effective different websites are at generating tyre sales)

Apollo Tyres to soon wrap up Vredestein Banden buyout Trading Markets (India)

Japan tyre manufacturers book net losses in Jan-March Asia in Focus (Japan)

Top rubber producers may revise down export-cut plan Malaysian Insider (Malaysia)

Contract workers get jobs back at Michelin (Ardmore) plant KTEN (US - Oklahoma)

Ardmore's Michelin Employees Returning to Work KTEN (US - Oklahoma)

The Benefits of Using Recycled EPDM SprayFoam (US - Ohio)

Michelin compte sur le futur étiquetage des pneus pour doper ses ventes Le Matin (French Language)

Michelin relies on the future of tire labeling to boost sales Above story auto-translated into English

MRF workers boycott polls, continue strike Economic Times (India)

Sri Lanka rubber gloves maker annual profits dip Lanka Business Online (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka rubber meeting told to brace for fall in demand

Rubber a century of progress the future looks good Lanka Times (Sri Lanka)

Vietnam's upmarket condoms Straits Times (Vietnam / Singapore)

Liberia Says Firestone Polluting Water Voice of America (US / Liberia)

Rubber growers seek protection, facilities bdnews24 (Bangladesh)

Great Wall Motors opens manufacturing plant in Bulgaria People's Daily Online (China)