Newswire: Feb 15, 2026 12:24 PM EST

Highlights:

• California is importing gasoline via the Bahamas due to shrinking refining capacity and high pump prices, with US fuel traveling thousands of miles in a roundabout route. Source

• MIT and Stanford professors discuss how AI's impact on workers depends on which tasks get automated and who benefits, with outcomes ranging from wage increases to intensified competition. Source

• US options exchanges seek to change decades-old regulatory fee practices that allow them to collect fees for business conducted on competing exchanges. Source

• Stock market turmoil in AI-related companies reflects two conflicting fears about the artificial intelligence industry's future. Source

• Emerging market currencies are showing greater stability than developed nation currencies, potentially marking the longest such streak in over two decades. Source

• TSLA Tesla's CarPlay integration has been delayed due to required changes in iOS 26's Maps app, while Apple faces new challenges with Siri improvements. Source

• ECB President Lagarde advocates for investment incentives over taxes as the preferred method to prevent European capital outflows to other regions. Source

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