Hard-Charging Uber Tries Olive Branch
Travis Kalanick did not build Uber into a global force by playing nice. Mr. Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, a ride-hailing service, aggressively pushed the start-up into new markets,…
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For Greece, Bank Trouble Looms Again as New Government Takes Shape
It was not the E.C.B.’s job to “fund the gap of any bank runs,” Mr. Weidmann told the central bank’s governing council, according to confidential minutes of the meeting, citing…
Super Bowl 2015 Live Blog
We analyzed every Super Bowl 4th-down decision since 2000 to rank the most damaging ones. http://t.co/3FqlBad1it pic.twitter.com/YPD8vHKwwk — The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) February 1, 2015 Both teams have released their lists…
Owners of Patriots and Seahawks Are a Study in Contrasts
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Amid the frenzy of Super Bowl media day on Tuesday, as thousands of reporters and cameras surrounded the New England Patriots coaches and players, the dapper owner…
A Low Profile for Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey at Arsenal Game in London
LONDON — Presidential politics can be a humbling business. Local renown is revealed, uneasily, to be just that: It translates poorly onto a bigger stage, allowing a man accustomed to…
In Liberated Kobani, Pride Despite the Devastation
A Kurdish fighter in the town of Kobani, Syria, which was devastated by the Islamic State and an American-led air campaign to expel the militants.” KOBANI, Syria — Lasheen Abdulla…
$3 Tip on a $4 Cup of Coffee? Gratuities Grow, Automatically
The flat white coffee drink was $4. A suggested tip was $3. The cashier at Café Grumpy, a New York City coffeehouse, swiped the credit card, then whirled the screen…
Obama Budget to Seek to Stabilize Deficit and Address Income Inequality
WASHINGTON — President Obama will propose a 10-year budget on Monday that stabilizes the federal deficit but does not seek balance, instead focusing on policies to address income inequality as…
Egypt Releases and Deports Al Jazeera Journalist Peter Greste From Australia
CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities have released and deported an Australian journalist jailed for more than a year in a case that had been criticized by human rights groups. The…
In Super Bowl XLIX, Keeping Alert for Trick Plays
Sports of The Times By MICHAEL POWELL PHOENIX — So you put the questions to the offensive and defensive coordinators whose fate it was to have spent the two weeks…
London Theater Journal: Laughing Wall to Wall
Truly funny plays tend to be the exception rather than the rule in New York these days. So I have grabbed the chance here to wander across the spectrum of…
Hostage’s Beheading Stirs Outrage in Japan
TOKYO — Japan reacted with sorrow and outrage on Sunday to the posting by the Islamic State of a video purporting to show the grisly killing of the journalist Kenji…
Novak Djokovic Defeats Andy Murray to Win Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-seeded Novak Djokovic won his Open era-record fifth Australian Open title Sunday night, beating sixth-seeded Andy Murray, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0, in the final. –…
Pro-Democracy Protesters Return to Streets of Hong Kong
HONGKONG — Pro-democracy protesters streamed through the heart of Hong Kong on Sunday in their first sizable show of strength since the police cleared occupations that blocked streets for 11…
As Ebola Ebbs in Africa, Focus Turns From Death to Life
MONROVIA, Liberia — Life is edging back to normal after the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. At the height of the epidemic, Liberians met horrific deaths inside the blue-painted walls…
Not All the Players Want to Jump Ship
LONDON — When the transfer window shuts at the end of Monday in Europe, the most meaningful story might well be the player who decided he was happy to remain…
In ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ Jostling Cultural Legacies
On “Fresh Off the Boat,” the new ABC family sitcom based on the memoir of the same name by the rowdy, bawdy chef Eddie Huang, the young Eddie is played…
Arizona Sheriff Known for Toughness Is Allowing Inmates to Watch the Super Bowl
PHOENIX — When the Super Bowl begins Sunday, 70,000 fans will ease into their seats and suites at University of Phoenix Stadium, munch on hot dogs and pizza, and wash…
Super Bowl 2015: Seahawks vs. Patriots Preview
Patriots vs. Seahawks 6:30 p.m. Eastern, NBC – BENJAMIN HOFFMAN A version of this article appears in print on February 1, 2015, on page SP4 of the New York edition…
Louisiana Squeezed as Oil Prices Drop
CUT OFF, La. — “The first thing you hear is, ‘Can you cut 10 percent?’ ” explained Jimmy Lafont, whose towboat operation is one of the countless oil-field service companies spread…
Top Sundance Prizes Go to 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'
A tearjerker about a teenage boy and his friend, their love for cinema classics and efforts to buck up a, yes, dying girl, the film drew a minutes-long standing ovation…
Clashes Intensify Between Armenia and Azerbaijan Over Disputed Land
Soldiers in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, the region over which Armenia and Azerbaijan are waging a continuing struggle. The conflict has escalated with deadly ferocity in recent months, killing dozens…
Australian Open Intent on Leading the World in Pampering Players
MELBOURNE, Australia — For decades, professional tennis players struggled with tournament organizers to get more money and better services, and while that battle is far from over, the level of…
Public Survey Highlights Britons’ Global Ambitions
LONDON — The British parliamentary elections are less than 100 days away, and they are a mess — at least five parties in a fragmented system designed for two, and…
Thousands March in Spain to Support Left-Wing Party
MADRID — At least 100,000 supporters of Podemos, the left-wing party that is threatening to overhaul Spain’s bipartisan party system, marched in downtown Madrid on Saturday in a show of…
Tribes at Center of Effort to Free Jordanian Pilot
AMMAN, Jordan — It is often said that in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan all politics is tribal. That goes a long way toward explaining the country’s reaction to the…
At Age XLIX, Super Bowl Has No Sense of Place
On Pro Football By JOHN BRANCH PHOENIX — Most of what makes the setting of this Super Bowl different from all the rest is a climbing wall meant to evoke…
Taliban Justice Gains Favor as Official Afghan Courts Fail
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Matiullah Khan and Muhammad Aywaz were each dug in, their property dispute in southern Afghanistan at an impasse. Despite paying more than $1,000 apiece in lawyers’ fees,…
127-Year-Old Rivalry of Celtic and Rangers Resumes in Scotland
GLASGOW — Rangers and Celtic will renew one of the fiercest feuds in soccer on Sunday when they meet — for the first time in nearly three years — in…
Islamic State Militants Say They Killed 2nd Japanese Hostage
AMMAN, Jordan — The Islamic State claimed to have beheaded a Japanese journalist in a video released Saturday night, culminating a two-week-long drama that appears to have cost the lives…