AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) today said that it will webcast its presentation at the 11th Annual JP Morgan Harbour Auto Conference in Dearborn, Mich. on August 14.

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The company plans to discuss its strategies and field questions from analysts and investors. A live Web cast of the presentation will be available at 10:45 a.m. ET on the company's investor relations Web site: http://investor.goodyear.com.

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 http://www.goodyear.com/corporate.

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