Newswire: Feb 12, 2026 2:39 AM EST

Highlights:

• Unilever posted better-than-expected sales driven by strong demand for premium beauty and home care products in the US and India. Source

• China's Zhipu advances in AI race as "scare trade" impacts US markets according to Bloomberg's China Show coverage. Source

• Siemens CEO reports "very strong" demand from US data centers as the company's Digital Industries unit profit jumped 37% in Q1. Source

• SoftBank swung to quarterly profit driven by valuation gains from its OpenAI investment amid AI spending optimism. Source

• Sanofi abruptly replaced CEO Paul Hudson with Merck KGaA's Belén Garijo after R&D spending increases failed to deliver rapid results. Source