Consumer Attention - Mindrank Contours

Temporal Mindranks by Topic and Group

30-Apr-05

Published 2-May-05

Rectangular Callout: 1-Mar-05
Gunmen kill a judge working for the Iraqi Special Tribunal which is charged with trying Saddam Hussein, and his son.

Rectangular Callout: 18-Mar-05
A Florida Judge orders disconnected a feeding tube from Terri Schiavo. The U.S. House of Representatives intervenes. The judge rebuffs the House's request. Without feeding, Schiavo will starve to death. [1-3]

Rectangular Callout: 31-Mar-05
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors unanimously confirms the nomination of Paul D. Wolfowitz to be President of the World Bank [1]. Wolfowitz is of Polish Jewish provenance; he spent a year in Israel; and he is the principal neo-conservative architect of the war on Iraq [3].

Rectangular Callout: 14-Apr-05
The House of Representatives approves a major revision of the federal bankruptcy law [1-4]. The new law provides large banks, credit card companies, retailers, and auto financing companies with net advantages over middle and lower income families [3-4].

Rectangular Callout: 17-Apr-05
G7 leaders fails to reach an agreement on debt relief [1]. G7 leaders fear potential "financial turmoil" caused by massive "global imbalances" -- trade deficit for the U.S. vs. trade surpluses for Asian countries [2].

Rectangular Callout: 11-Mar-05
A defendant kills a judge, a sheriff's deputy, and a court reporter in Atlanta.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: 30-Mar-05
U.S. stock prices surge.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: 4-Mar-05
Global stock prices surge.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: 13/15-Apr-05
Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbles 420.46 points in 3 days.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: 29-Mar-05
WARNING: Extreme consumer attention focused on Debt, Capitalism, Bankers, and Deceit.

Rectangular Callout: 11-Mar-05
Forbes: The number of billionaires in the world in 2004 increased to 691, up 104 from 587 in 2003. The billionaires’ collective net worth in 2004 was about $2.2 trillion, up $300 million from 2003. The top 5 billionaires, as at 11-Feb-05, are: William Gates III, $46.5 Billion, U.S.; Warren Buffet, $44.0 Billion, U.S.; Lakshmi Mittal, $25 Billion India; Carlos Slim Helu, $23.8 Billion, Mexico; and Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, $23.7 Billion, Saudi Arabia. [1]

Rectangular Callout: 20-Apr-05
President George W. Bush signs the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention, Consumer Protection Act

Rounded Rectangular Callout: 21-Apr-05
Global stock prices rebound.

Rounded Rectangle: Are Speculators "Testing" Stock Prices Before Fueling the Next Boom? Are Consumers Spooked by Outsourcing?

Rectangular Callout: 29-Apr-05
President George W. Bush initiates a campaign for cutting Social Security benefits [1-4]. Some believe that the aim of the right is not to reform the Social Security system, but to destroy it: the Bush administration is “relying on the mass media to help confuse and deceive the public on the Social Security issue” [2]. Reportedly, the man behind Bush’s plan to reform Social security is Robert C. Pozen, a mutual fund executive [4].

Rounded Rectangular Callout: 29-Apr-05
U.S. stock prices rebound.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: 28-Apr-05
U.S. stock prices plunge.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: 20-Apr-05
Global stock prices plunge.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: 30-Apr-05
WARNING: Consumer attention is focused on Trade/Outsourcing. Trade is positively correlated with Deceit and Debt, and negatively correlated with Truth, Law, and Justice.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: 9-Mar-05
Global stock prices tumble.

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