Wonkblog: Uber triumphs as New York City officials abandon plans to limit transportation company

NEW YORK -- Officials here on Wednesday abruptly abandoned plans to rein in the powerful tech company Uber, dropping a fiercely contested proposal to cap the company's growth in its largest market.The city council had planned as early as Thursday to vote on a bill that would have put a "pause" on Uber's rapid expansion while the city studied the impact of new transportation services on congestion. Uber warned that the bill would have mortally wounded it in its most important market, doubling and...