Some of Friday’s top stories:
The New York Times
Government’s Threat of Daily Fine for Yahoo Shows Aggressive Push for Data, by Vindu Goel and Charlie Savage
With Gas Cut Off, Ukraine Looks West, by Danny Hakim
The Wall Street Journal
What Do The World’s Top Watchmakers Think of Apple Watch?, by John Revill
Why TV Hit ‘Longmire’ Got Canceled: Fans Too Old, by Joe Flint
Reuters
Amid Alibaba fever, reasons for caution in IPO market, by Akane Otani
As Big Tobacco takes up e-cigarettes, investors look ahead, by Martinne Geller and Jilian Mincer
Bloomberg
U.S. Index Futures Are Little Changed Before Retail Data, by Namitha Jagadeesh
‘Who Is U2?’ Ask ITunes Users Miffed at Apple’s Giveaway, by Crayton Harrison and Tim Higgins
Today in business news
PR firm to CNBC: We will pay you to write about our clients
WSJ reporter Bischof leaving for Newsweek
Bloomberg Current, social media experiment, is ending
Pennsylvania paper wants to revamp Sunday biz section
WSJ establishes new returns policy
This date in business journalism history
2008: Cabernet goes well with a juicy SEC filing and an M&A story
2013: TheStreet.com and The Deal celebrate one year together
Business journalism birthdays
Sept. 12: David Gelles of The New York Times
Sept. 12: Lisa Gibbs of The Associated Press