PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - February 14

Feb 14 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Apple AAPL.O and Google GOOGL.O restored the TikTok app to their mobile app stores Thursday night, weeks after removing it to comply with a U.S. law requiring TikTok's Chinese parent, ByteDance, to sell it or shut it down

-U.S. Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. could hit Moscow with sanctions and potential military action if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to a peace deal with Ukraine that guarantees Kyiv's long-term independence.

-Commerzbank CBKG.DE plans to cut 3900 jobs in a bid to boost profitability and shareholder returns as it fends off an unwanted approach from Italy's UniCreditCRDI.MI.

-The Trump administration on Thursday stepped up the firing of federal workers who have been on the job for less than a year, the next phase of its personnel cuts that could affect hundreds of thousands of people.

-U.S. President Trump ordered federal agencies on Thursday to explore how to adjust U.S. tariffs to match those of other countries, a move that threatens international rules in place for decades.