DealBook: Chinese Official Made Job Plea to JPMorgan Chase Chief

DealBook: Chinese Official Made Job Plea to JPMorgan Chase Chief
ArtsBeat: Celebrating Bert Berns, Sometimes Overlooked, but Not Forgotten
Gerd Albrecht, Volatile Conductor, Is Dead at 78
Break in Siege Is Little Relief to Syrian City
N.F.L. Prospect Proudly Says What Teammates Knew: He’s Gay
Bill Keller, Former Editor of The Times, Is Leaving for News Nonprofit
At 41, Still Soaring, Still Rising
Anger Erupts After Danish Zoo Kills a ‘Surplus’ Giraffe
Swiss Voters Narrowly Approve Curbs on Immigration
Months After Deadly Fire, Owners of Bangladesh Factory Surrender to Court
Figure Skating Gold Is Russia’s First
International Education: Young Laotians Learn Chinese to Improve Job Prospects
Britain’s Immigration Minister Resigns Over Employing Illegal Immigrant
Rejecting the U.S. to Skate for Russia
Anderson, Slopestyle’s Star, Is on Top Again
Anne Heyman, Rwanda Rescuer, Is Dead at 52
Inside the Rings: Report of a Corrupt Figure Skating Deal Includes an Odd Alliance

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 09:59 PM PST

Federal authorities are also investigating whether at least six other big banks hired applicants explicitly to win business from Chinese companies.

ArtsBeat: Celebrating Bert Berns, Sometimes Overlooked, but Not Forgotten

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 09:01 PM PST

The music journalist Joel Selvin has spent 16 years researching the career of Bert Berns, a songwriter who died young in 1967.

Gerd Albrecht, Volatile Conductor, Is Dead at 78

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 07:30 PM PST

Mr. Albrecht, a German, had a volatile run as the first non-Czech to lead the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

Break in Siege Is Little Relief to Syrian City

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 06:47 PM PST

Aid convoys were attacked during a three-day cease-fire in Homs, highlighting the difficulties plaguing even modest humanitarian efforts in Syria's civil war.

N.F.L. Prospect Proudly Says What Teammates Knew: He’s Gay

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 05:00 PM PST

The all-American defensive end at the University of Missouri said he decided to come out publicly now because he sensed that rumors were circulating.

Bill Keller, Former Editor of The Times, Is Leaving for News Nonprofit

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 04:42 PM PST

Mr. Keller, an Op-Ed columnist who was executive editor of The Times from 2003 to 2011, will be editor in chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism start-up focused on the criminal justice system.

At 41, Still Soaring, Still Rising

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 02:21 PM PST

In a sport where many jumpers retire by the time they reach their 30s, Noriaki Kasai, 41, is taking part in a record-tying seventh Winter Games.

Anger Erupts After Danish Zoo Kills a ‘Surplus’ Giraffe

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 02:13 PM PST

Ignoring threats and adoption requests, the Copenhagen Zoo ended the life of a 2-year-old giraffe and fed him to the lions, saying his genes were well represented in European zoos.

Swiss Voters Narrowly Approve Curbs on Immigration

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 01:56 PM PST

Voters backed measures to reintroduce restrictions on the number of foreigners allowed to live and work in the country, a move that could have implications for the nation's ties with the European Union.

Months After Deadly Fire, Owners of Bangladesh Factory Surrender to Court

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 11:16 AM PST

Delowar Hossain and his wife, Mahmuda Akther, the owners of the Tazreen factory, face homicide charges in the 2012 blaze, which killed 112 employees.

Figure Skating Gold Is Russia’s First

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 10:30 AM PST

Russia won the long program in men's, women's and pairs competition for a resounding victory in the team event, a restorative achievement for a nation.

International Education: Young Laotians Learn Chinese to Improve Job Prospects

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 09:01 AM PST

Many Chinese schools have sprung up in towns along the Laos-China border, and the schools in Vientiane are gaining popularity.

Britain’s Immigration Minister Resigns Over Employing Illegal Immigrant

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 07:50 AM PST

Mark Harper, who had led a crackdown that urged illegal immigrants to "go home," stepped down after revealing that his house cleaner of six years had been living in the country illegally.

Rejecting the U.S. to Skate for Russia

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 06:21 AM PST

The speedskating star Ahn Hyun-soo chose Russia over the United States and changed his name to Viktor after switching allegiance from South Korea in 2011.

Anderson, Slopestyle’s Star, Is on Top Again

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 06:05 AM PST

Jamie Anderson has won more of slopestyle's big events than any woman in history, and her gold medal capped an American sweep of the inaugural Olympic slopestyle events.