Feb 19, 2026 | Markets
The US trade deficit widened in December, capping a turbulent year of erratic tariff policy. The goods and services trade gap expanded from the prior month to $70.3 billion, Commerce Department data showed Thursday. The shortfall culminated in a full-year deficit of...
Feb 18, 2026 | Markets
World Labs, a startup from artificial intelligence pioneer Fei-Fei Li, raised $1 billion in a new round of funding to pursue a novel approach to AI development. Autodesk Inc. invested $200 million in World Labs as part of the round. Other backers include Andreessen...
Feb 17, 2026 | Markets
The California Department of Motor Vehicles said Tesla Inc. has come into compliance over marketing practices for its vehicles’ automated-driving capabilities and won’t face a 30-day suspension of sales in the state. The agency said in a statement Tuesday that Tesla...
Feb 17, 2026 | Markets
The stock market just got a look at how disruptive investor concerns over AI could become across multiple industries. What began as a shake-up in software stocks spread to the wealth management, transportation, and logistics industries last week, raising questions...
Feb 15, 2026 | Markets
A growing procession of tech industry leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook are warning about a global crisis in the making: A shortage of memory chips is beginning to hammer profits, derail corporate plans and inflate price tags on everything from laptops and...
Feb 13, 2026 | Markets
Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase tipped bettors to his rigged pitches in text messages with coded language like “rooster” and “chicken,” prosecutors said in a revised indictment. Newly retrieved messages show Clase used the coded language and even gave...
