People have been discussing how Donald Trump interacts with other humans, guessing at the extent to which he is capable of anticipating or understanding how they think. Some believe he has no such “theory of mind.” I disagree: He has one, but it’s path-independent. Remember when he thought people would like the fact that he’d fired FBI Director James Comey? ...

Reuters Major Gulf stock markets weakened on Wednesday, with amusement park operator DXB Entertainments (DXBE) continuing to drag down Dubai while banking shares lif- ted Egypt in the wake of Sunday’s interest rate hike. DXB Entertainments slid by 3.1 percent to 0.782 dirhams, its lowest level since early 2015. The stock has tumbled 40 percent this year on low attendance ...

Bloomberg Markets were largely in a holding pattern on Wednesday, with European stocks struggling to maintain gains and the dollar edging lower as investors awaited fresh insight on the path for borrowing costs in the world’s biggest economy. China’s credit-rating downgrade sank industrial metals. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index erased most of its advance as auto makers fell in the ...