Newswire: Feb 15, 2026 12:49 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 vary by task and who benefits from productivity gains. Source

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

• Stock market turmoil hits AI-related companies as industry faces two conflicting fears. Source

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

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

• Lebanon's government expresses confidence in resolving IMF differences over depositor recovery law for banking sector funds. Source

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

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