Newswire: Feb 15, 2026 12:56 PM EST

Highlights:

• California imports gasoline via the Bahamas due to shrinking domestic 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 reform decades-old regulatory fee structure that allows them to collect fees from rival exchanges' business. Source

• Stock market turmoil hits AI-related companies as the sector faces conflicting investor fears. Source

• Emerging market currencies show greater stability than G-7 currencies, potentially marking the longest such streak in over 20 years. Source

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

• Lebanon's government expresses confidence in resolving IMF disagreements over banking sector recovery legislation. Source

• ECB President Lagarde advocates investment incentives over capital outflow taxes to retain European capital. Source

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