February 2004

No. 026

“A Business Intelligence Hypothetical Example” Part V of V

The Managing Director of Grooms-Rogers, a Wall Street Brokerage House

There should be lots of action today when the market opens. The only stabilized companies not caught by surprise were the CEO's of ones with a market intelligence unit. Our people expect, especially after GM's 90% stock drop, that maybe even Ford, Honda, and Volvo will nose dive, since most people figure they will find a way to come out last on this deal-of-the-century. As for the airline companies, they are already down so far that this will not make too much difference, at least in the short-run. If this sets off a panic in the Mideast, we could see a fast run-up on the price of oil and gold - significantly.

The Oil Minister of the World OPEC League of Nations

We are in a crisis. This new cyclotron transporter could foreseeably cut our exports by 95 percent. The lost economically would be devastating to our countries and unsettling. This may provide a geopolitical shift in world powers and distributions. The Foreign Minister has called for a joint emergency meeting in Vienna, Austria tomorrow with the World OPEC League, United Nations and the Global Terrorist Unification (GTU) - if they will attend. Our peoples report widespread unsettling sentiment throughout the World OPEC League of Nations that we must raise immediately the price of oil now, by at least 1,000 percent from $500 per barrel to $5,000 per barrel, to offset any lasting future decline or permanence. However, Russia, Venezuela and Vietnam are not yet convinced that this is the correct thing to do. Their ambassadors here have already requested meetings with us later this afternoon.

As you well know, thanks to falling oil prices, this year's budget will exceed last year's deficit by at least 30 percent. The global expansion of oil production by all World OPEC League nations is costing more than was anticipated. Thus we may need to delay or even cancel immediately all projects. We believe the U.S. Secretary of Sate is much concerned that we will choose to target those projects for which U.S. construction companies are the chief contractors. We know that the U.S. Secretary of State has told industry leaders he will seek to gain assurance that we will spread delays or cancellations if absolutely necessary with equity.

However, the wild card remains to be the Global Terrorist Unification and as to what extent they view their interests in the global scheme of things. We have seen their power in Poland in 2070 and now possibly on the world stage again.

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