• High fuel cost speeds up natural rubber use

      21/12/2012
    KOCHI: Innovative use of rubber
    in various products helps automobiles cut
    high fuel cost. Defenceengineers have started experimenting with
    retreadrubber sheathing over the metal chains of battle tanks
    and armoured vehicles to increase mileage . Rubber
    sheathing will not only cut the fuel cost of tanks almost 25% by
    reducing road friction but also make the ride comfortable and
    eco-friendly .
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  • Yokohama develops tire design technology to reduce aerodynamic drag

      21/12/2012
    TOKYO (Dec. 19, 2012) — The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has developed tire design technology that reduces aerodynamic drag, the tire
    maker announced at the 26th Computational Fluid Dynamics Symposium,
    running through Dec. 20 at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center
    in Tokyo.
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  • Tax extension to ease payment burden

      21/12/2012
    HA NOI (VNS)–
    Tax delays and corporate income tax reductions are among the major
    measures proposed by the Ministry of Finance to alleviate difficulties
    for businesses next year.
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  • Euro area annual inflation down to 2.2%, EU down to 2.4%

      18/12/2012

    Euro
    area annual inflation was 2.2% in November 2012, down from 2.5%
    in October2. A year earlier the rate was 3.0%. Monthly inflation was -0.2% in
    November 2012.

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  • Exports, imports drive EU chems Jan-Sep trade surplus growth

      18/12/2012
    LONDON (ICIS)--The EU’s chemical products
    trade surplus for January to September increased by 19% from the same
    period in 2011, with imports and exports both higher, EU statistics body
    Eurostat said on Monday.
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