Newswire: Feb 15, 2026 12:40 PM EST

Highlights:

• California imports gasoline via the Bahamas due to shrinking refining capacity and high pump prices. Source

• MIT and Stanford professors discuss AI's impact on workers, noting automation effects depend on which tasks are automated and who benefits. Source

• US options exchanges seek to change decades-old regulatory fee model that allows them to collect fees from rival exchanges' business. Source

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

• Emerging market currencies show more 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. Source

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

• Xi Jinping calls for anchoring China's economic growth around domestic demand as the main driver in recently released policy speech. Source