Overnight News, Views, Charts & Graphs for Friday, 21 March 2014

Europe strikes deal to complete banking union
Gold is losing its ‘safe-haven hat,’ some say, as economy stabilizes

Asian stocks rocket upward overnight after biggest decline in 7 months

Colombia's Economy Grows 4.3% in 2013 - Beats Expectations

Two Palladium ETFs To Launch In South Africa Next Week

How brick and mortar retailers aim to fight "showrooming" in their stores by using "Big Data"

Ukraine, Chevron, Condi Rice and shale gas . . . join the dots

Carson, CA , an oil rich town, bans all new oil drilling, fracking - even temporarily

Rockin' and Reelin' with the new Google Android Watch feelin'

Time: Starbucks Is Going To Start Selling Booze Almost Everywhere

Oil's Not Scarce, But Cheap Oil Is

Brazil launches price-fixing probe against 18 multi-national corporations

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Works Out The Kinks In "Same Day Delivery" In San Francisco. Will Shopping Express Take Off In NYC and LA? 

Elon Musk and Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) could lead other new car companies in an overthrow of the archaic dealership franchise agreements 

Robert Reich to President Obama: Be Bold Next Week

How Bad Will The Greek Recession Be? How Will Italy And Spain React To New Austerity Measures Forced By ECB Demands?

Charles Hugh Smith: "When Debt Is Fraud, Debt Forgiveness Is The Only Solution"

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: "When debt levels turn cancerous"

Video From Wednesday's (June 15, 2011) Riots In Greece

The first video (NBC News With Brian Williams) is a brief look by Tom Costello explaining why interest rates on Greek bonds are now 18% and why a default could reverberate as dominoes such as Ireland, Spain, and Portugal fall next. There is also a bit of footage of the street riots in this report.

The next four videos are all clips showing in more detail what the riots look like from street level and from balconies overlooking the battleground.

-4.23% = Should the European Common Bank's assets fall just this much, the ECB will be wiped out

Chris Martenson: Death by Debt

Matt Taibbi Blog - Wikileaks: Speculators Helped Cause Oil Bubble

This is how the dollar dies

The destruction of the middle class will not be televised – 56 percent of American workers have less than $25,000 saved. Even worse 60 percent of retirees have less than $50,000 saved. 45 million on food stamps and the consequences of peak debt.

Business/Economic News for July 9, 2010

Biggest defaulters on mortgages are the Rich, not the Poor