http://business-times.asiaone.com/world/0,4576,,00.html? The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore en-us Copyright 2007 Business Times Online. 7 Jan 2009 SGT 7 Jan 2009 SGT 60 http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/static/image/images/topmastheadsmall.gif http://business-times.asiaone.com http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,312968,00.html? (SAN FRANCISCO) Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists had difficulty cashing out of start-ups last year, underscoring just how much the financial crisis has pummelled the US technology sector. The News 07 Jan 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,312962,00.html? (LONDON) Oil prices rose to a three-week high above US$50 a barrel yesterday, as Israel's deepening incursion into Gaza and a dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas raised concerns about supply disruptions. The News 07 Jan 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,312954,00.html? (BRUSSELS) The European Union yesterday called the reduction of Russian natural-gas supplies to some EU countries 'completely unacceptable'. The News 07 Jan 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,312955,00.html? (LONDON) Cutting off Gaza's smuggling tunnels from Egypt could secure an immediate ceasefire, Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair said yesterday, while warning that Israel was otherwise in for a protracted campaign. The News 07 Jan 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,312971,00.html? (DUBLIN) Ireland's Waterford Wedgwood, whose luxury tableware was once a mainstay of wedding gift lists worldwide, has called in receivers and placed two of Britain's most venerable china makers in administration. The News 07 Jan 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,312951,00.html? (WASHINGTON) Nobody said this was going to be easy. From his suite at the historic Hay-Adams Hotel, US President-elect Barack Obama is watching problems pile up as he prepares to take power in two weeks. The News 07 Jan 2009 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,312963,00.html? (WASHINGTON) Two weeks before assuming power, US President-elect Barack Obama took his economic recovery package to Capitol Hill on Monday and worked to build a bipartisan coalition to endorse his plan of tax cuts and new spending with an urgent appeal 'to break the momentum of this recession'. The News 07 Jan 2009 04:00 SGT