India-based Apollo Tyres Ltd. is seeking to cut its $2.5 billion offer to buy Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. after U.S. and Chinese workers challenged the takeover plan, Bloomberg News reported.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has started accepting nominations for its award that honors truck drivers who have taken risks to help other motorists.

Larry Davis, executive director of the Ohio Trucking Association, said he will retire in January after 13 years at the helm.

Mike Campbell, who has led the California Trucking Association for eight years, will retire from the organization as soon as it picks his successor, the group announced late last month.

California Trucking Association CEO Michael Campbell said he will retire as soon as his successor is selected.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. said it posted a higher first-quarter profit but lower revenue on a soft global tire market.

Yokohama Tire Corp. said it signed an agreement to build a $300 million commercial truck tire plant in West Point, Miss.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a first-quarter profit, compared with a loss from a year ago, but its North American revenue declined from a year earlier.

Yokohama Tire Corp. named a new CEO and said it was opening a new subsidiary in Mexico.