News from elsewhere on the web 23/June/06

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Continental AG CFO sees Q2 clean EBIT rising Reuters (Germany)

BMW's [runflat] tyres fail the test - [says Michelin] CarsGuide (Australia)

Rubber Mulch - [application for rubber chips] KFSN-TV (US - California)

Cooper Tire & Rubber "buy" New ratings (UK)

Bayawan firms up tuba tuba, rubber plantation projects Sun Star (Philippines)

Hercules buys Tire Distributor USA Florida Business Journal (US - Florida)

Minnesota Rubber to lay off 60 workers; 20 to remain Globe Gazette (US - Minnesota)

X-Shaped Rubber Bands PopGadget (US)

Malaysia Keen To Collaborate With Iran Bernama (Malaysia)

Canadian Tire Selects [Conti as] Timing Belt Supplier AutoService World (US)

Govt formally calls-off privatisation of EPIL {defers decision on TCIL] The Hindu (India)

Tyre trials are voted a success [at cement plant] Rugby Today (UK)

Goodyear Pan-European PR campaign [for RunOnFlat] wins SABRE BizCommunity.com (South Africa)

Drug smuggling ring using tires on tractor-trailers is busted wavy.com (US - New mexico)

Michelin employee "threatened to bring submachine gun to work" Chronicle Herald (Canada)

Dongfeng Motor Co relocates HQ to Wuhan China Daily Online (China)

Lexus drives in Shanghai Daily (China)

Import tariffs for vehicles cut Shanghai Daily (China)