Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
The New York Times
PetSmart to sell itself to investor group for $8.7 billion, by Michael J. de la Merced
France says it will ban Uber’s low-cost service in new year, by David Jolly and Mark Scott
The Wall Street Journal
Oil prices rebound as clashes in Libya disrupt exports, by Georgi Kantchev
Apple heads to court Monday in e-book appeal, by Joe Palazzolo
Business Insider
The Rouble is tumbling again, by Tomas Hirst
Here’s everything Apple will unveil next year, by Sam Colt
Bloomberg
There’s $1.7 trillion locked out of China’s stock rally, by Boris Korby
Hostages held in darkness as Sydney cafe siege passes 12th hour, by Michael Sin, Daivd Fickling and James Paton
Today in business journalism
Forbes hires Fortune senior writer, NYTimes small biz editor
Biz reporter Sullivan leaving Washington Post
Pennsylvania biz reporter leaving for another paper
Forbes moving to New Jersey next week
Prosser named Kansas City Business Journal publisher
This date in business journalism
2008: Google vs. Wall Street Journal
2010: The launching of an investigative biz reporting group
Business journalism birthdays
Dec. 14: Leslie Wayne of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Dec. 14: Beth Belton of USA Today
