Cooper Tire

• Apollo Tyres Says Hungary Plant to Start Rolling Out Products by 2017

  Apollo Tyres Ltd on Wednesday said it will start rolling out products from its 475 million euro green field plant in Hungary by 2017.

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  Goodyear To Buy Cooper Tire For $2.8 billion, Nearly Doubling China Presence

  Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co said it would buy Cooper Tire & Rubber Co in a $2.8 billion deal to beef up its portfolio in the high-margin light truck and SUV segments and strengthen its presence in North America and China.

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  Indian-American Jailed For $1 Million Insider Trading Scheme

  An Indian-American man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for a $1 million insider trading scheme involving the failed Apollo Tyres bid to takeover Cooper Tire, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

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  Indian-Origin Entrepreneurs Charged with Insider Trading in US

  Two Indian-origin entrepreneurs have been charged by US authorities with insider trading for allegedly making over a million dollars in illegal profits through the proposed acquisition of Cooper Tire and Rubber by India's Apollo Tyres.

• US Court Dismisses Case Against Apollo Tyres by Cooper

  Apollo Tyres on Wednesday said a US court has dismissed the case filed against it by Cooper Tire & Rubber Co on the issue related to merger of Cooper Tire with Apollo.

• Apollo Tyres Says Hungary Plant to Start Rolling Out Products by 2017

  Apollo Tyres Ltd on Wednesday said it will start rolling out products from its 475 million euro green field plant in Hungary by 2017.

• Ceat, JK Tyre, Goodyear, Apollo Tyres gain as rubber prices fall

  Apollo Tyres surged 3 percent, helped as well after Credit Suisse upgrades the tyre maker to "outperform" from "underperform," citing the end of talks over its proposed $2.5 billion takeover of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

• Sensex ends year with 9 per cent gain; uncertain 2014 looms

  The BSE Sensex edged higher on Tuesday, sending the index to an 8.9 per cent annual gain and a record high this year, as foreign investor flows offset widespread concerns about a domestic economy suffering from low growth but high inflation.

• Apollo's failed deal sows doubt on future Indian merger and acquisitions

  While some bankers said Apollo's bid for Cooper was risky due to the larger size of the target, the outcome will add to skepticism about the ability of Indian family-run firms to execute large cross-border deals despite their need to search for growth abroad.

• Apollo Tyres shares rise after Cooper deal collapse

  Cooper Tire said on Monday it was walking out of the deal after being informed by the Indian tyre maker that financing was no longer available for a takeover. Both companies have threatened legal action against each other.

• Cooper Tire terminates merger agreement with Apollo Tyres

  US-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Co said on Monday it was terminating a proposed $2.5 billion sale to Apollo Tyres Ltd, marking the end of an agreement plagued by obstacles from the start.

• Apollo Tyres soars 9% on expectations of Cooper deal collapse

  The merger agreement, signed in June, is valid up to December 31 after which Apollo can walk away from the deal.

• Why automakers would love to forget 2013

  In what was one of the most challenging years, adverse exchange rates, after the rupee went on a downward spiral against dollar; higher input costs and fuel prices; and government hiking excise duty on sports utility vehicles (SUVs) compounded problems for automobile companies.

• Apollo Tyres soars 9% after Cooper loses court bid on merger

  Apollo, which would become the world's seventh-biggest tire maker after the merger, wants to pay less than the $35 per share agreed in June because of demands by unions at Cooper plants and disruptions at Cooper's venture in China.

• Cooper Tire loses court bid to rescue Apollo merger

  The Delaware Supreme Court dismissed Cooper's appeal against an earlier ruling that Apollo was meeting its obligations to reach new contract terms with unions at Cooper plants in Ohio and Texas.