MGM is hurting: social and hiring data point to rough spring for Vegas staple First, the conferences checked out, then March Madness became March Sadness; Vegas has been dealt a very tough hand in 2020. Jon Marino 3.13.20 5:00 PM Markets
Morgan Stanley is buying E*Trade in a $13 billion deal - see the one chart that signaled a deal was in the works E*Trade stepped away from aggressive expansion plans quickly over the timeframe where it's likely to have weighed M&A. But does Morgan Stanley next have to worry about app-based financial services players? Jon Marino 2.20.20 4:32 PM Markets
This was the worst holiday for Macy's foot traffic since at least 2016 Macy's gained only 72,400 'Were Here' counts this holiday, down from 135,000 last year. Joshua Fruhlinger 2.3.20 4:49 PM Innovation
McDonald's has gone strangely silent on Facebook despite follower gains over new sandwich Chicken sandwiches are good for the brand's social media accounts. But, mysteriously, McDonald's stopped posting on Facebook in November. Joshua Fruhlinger 1.29.20 3:35 PM Innovation
Starbucks stands to lose the most from the Wuhan shutdown, according to data The Coronavirus outbreak has claimed dozens of lives and infected scores globally - now, companies in the Hubei province of China are beginning to scale down productivity as researchers scramble to find a cure. Jon Marino 1.28.20 1:15 PM Innovation
The market wants to get bullish on 3M - this chart may help Analysts have been stuck in a holding pattern on 3M shares for a while now - but there is a positive signal in alternative data as earnings approach. Jon Marino 1.27.20 6:36 PM Markets