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 

"I Think It's Called Laughing As You Sink"

The two humorists, Clark & Dawe, use a game show type question and answer format to discuss why Europe is so in trouble. One of the funniest comments concerns why they think the US Economy is so much stronger than Europe's "because the US is owned by China".

Commercial Real Estate Has Caused Hundreds Of Banks To Fail In America

The Burning Platform: "Europe Is About To Blow"

Automatic Earth: "The Derivatives Pressure Cooker"

James Kunstler: "A Distant Sound Of Churning"

"The Flaw"

Migrant Workers: South China Riots Intensify

Is Greece the Next Lehman Brothers?