keywords: goldman cooper tire equity sell
text: Cooper Tire to Sell Unit for \$1.165 Bln  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CTB.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;CTB.N&lt;/A&gt; on  Friday said it agreed to sell an automotive parts  business to  buyout firms Cypress Group and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners  for about \$1.165 billion, the latest private equity purchase in  the sector.