Newswire: Feb 15, 2026 12:35 PM EST

Highlights:

• California imports gasoline via the Bahamas as the state faces shrinking refining capacity and high pump prices. Source

• MIT and Stanford professors discuss how AI's impact on workers depends on which tasks get automated and who benefits from productivity gains. Source

• US options exchanges seek to change decades-old regulatory fee structure that allows them to collect fees for business done on rival exchanges. Source

• Stock market turmoil hits AI-related investments as the sector faces conflicting fears about its future development. Source

• Emerging market currencies show greater stability than G-7 currencies, potentially marking the longest such streak in over two decades. Source

• TSLA Tesla's CarPlay integration delayed due to required changes in iOS 26's Maps app functionality. Source

• Lebanon's government expresses confidence in resolving IMF disagreements over proposed law allowing depositor recovery from banking sector. Source

• ECB President Lagarde favors investment incentives over taxes to prevent European capital outflows to other regions. Source

• Xi Jinping emphasizes domestic demand as China's primary economic growth driver in recently released policy meeting speech. Source