AKRON, Ohio, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) will report second quarter 2008 financial results before markets open on Thursday, July 31, to be followed by an investor conference call at 10:30 a.m.

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Participating in the conference call will be Robert J. Keegan, chairman and chief executive officer; W. Mark Schmitz, executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Darren R. Wells, senior vice president, finance and strategy.

Prior to the call, the company will post the financial and other related information on its investor relations Web site: investor.goodyear.com .

Investors, members of the media and other interested persons may access the conference call on the Web site or via telephone by calling (706) 634-5954 before 10:15 a.m. on July 31. A taped replay will be available at 3 p.m. that day by calling (706) 634-4556. The replay will also remain available on the Web site.

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. Fortune magazine named Goodyear the World's Most Admired Motor Vehicle Parts Company in its 2008 list of the World's Most Admired Companies. The publication ranked Goodyear No. 1 in innovation, people management, use of assets and global orientation. The company is also listed on Forbes magazine's list of the Most Respected Companies in America and its list of the Most Trustworthy Companies in America and CRO magazine's ranking of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens. Goodyear employs about 70,000 people and manufactures its products in more than 60 facilities in 25 countries around the world. For more information about Goodyear, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate .

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