The World's Risky Merger Splurge: Charts

(Bloomberg) -- Good morning! This is Fly Charts, the daily charts-only newsletter from Gadfly; sign up here. From cracks in a McDonald's growth streak to tricky telecom mergers, here are four charts that tell you what you need to know in business today.

And don't miss Stephen Gandel on old-school behavior from new-school lenders: "... as the peer-to-peer lending business matures, it appears increasingly to be adopting the bad habits of the industry it said it was going to improve on. Last week, the Federal Trade Commission accused LendingClub, the largest of the peer-to-peer lenders, of misleading consumers with hidden fees and continuing to charge borrowers even after they had paid off their loans. Shares of the online lender fell to nearly $2.50, its all-time low. LendingClub denies the accusations. LendUp, too, has paid fines and refunds for illegal fees and in general treating some of its customers poorly."

A Programming Note: On Thursday, May 3, Bloomberg View and Gadfly will merge into a new site called Bloomberg Opinion. When that happens, Fly Charts will become part of a new newsletter called Bloomberg Opinion Today, an afternoon synopsis -- with charts! -- of our most vital opinion pieces on business, finance, markets, economics, technology and power. We think you'll enjoy it, but if you don't, then you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of each daily email. Thank you for reading and subscribing to Fly Charts.

This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Bloomberg LP and its owners.

To contact the author of this story: Max Nisen in New York at mnisen@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Mark Gongloff at mgongloff1@bloomberg.net.

©2018 Bloomberg L.P.