Weekend Freebies

Need a read this Memorial Day weekend? Look no further than this: You click on the one you fancy, you place your totally free no-strings-attached order, you receive a useful report that's bound to make you into an instant millionaire....or something like that. Anyway, they are free and they are useful and they will improve your knowledge in the field you choose, so order more than one if you want. Have nice day.

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UC for Dummies: A free offer

Unified Communications, or UC, is one of the latest business buzzphrases out there and according to wikipedia is "the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging (chat), presence information, telephony (including IP telephony), video conferencing, call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified messaging (integrated voicemail, e-mail, SMS and fax)."

Which is all very well, but how can you take advantage of this and make yourself more moolah? Well that's where this free offer comes in. From the quality "For Dummies" stable, it'll teach you how to get moving with UC and give your business the advantage over others. So just click through, sign up (it's 100% free and they won't get boring and ask for credit card details...it's free free free) and get smart. Here's the blurb:

Receive Your Complimentary eBook NOW! "Small Business Unified Communications For Dummies, Avaya Custom Edition" Understand the benefits of Unified Communications and how it can positively impact your small or medium business. Small Business Unified Communications For Dummies, Avaya Custom Edition, provides non-technical readers such as small business owners and key managers an in-depth overview of UC: what it is, what capabilities it can provide, what a small business needs to do to implement it, and how it will impact your business. Read this eBook to learn: What Is Unified Communications and Why Do I Need It? How Will Unified Communications Help My Small Business? Creating a Unified Communications Strategy. How Do I Implement a Unified Communications Solution? Ten Reasons to Implement Unified Communications. Offered Free by: Avaya Other Resources from: Avaya

Weekend Freestuff Special

Over at Miguel Olivera's blog, Exabruptos, you can download the English language version of the bestseller Bad Money by Kevin Phillips.

As this NYT review notes, Phillips was calling the present situation pretty accurately when Bad Money first hit the shelves last year. The book doesn't stop at the present time though, as it makes its case for the future of the USA and the world...and it doesn't look good according to Phillips.

An excellent read for the weekend and a good way to sum up how we got to where we are. Thanks to Olivera it's also a totally free PDF download. When your over at Miguel Olivera's site click the link that says "les dejo para bajarse" to get the download. The other link gives you the front cover of the book (above).

Freebie Friday

Here we go with our Freebie Friday post. Remember that all the quality offers below (I've chosen five titles to give you a choice this time around) are 100% free to you on request. Zero cost. Zip. Nothing. No joke.

So have a peruse, pick the title (or titles...request them all if you want) that takes your fancy and get your brain chock full of useful info. Enjoy!

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"Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Powerful Lessons in Personal Change"

Know in 10 minutes what it takes others hours, and keep up with the latest trends in your industry.

In this summary you will learn:

• Seven approaches that effective people take to attain fulfillment
• How to build your character and shape your life more deliberately

Why you should read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
This book was a publishing phenomenon in the early 1990s, and it deserved to be. Stephen R. Covey managed to repackage an ethical and moral tradition thousands of years in development and make it meaningful to a late twentieth century, secular audience. Most of what you find in this book you will find in Aristotle, Cicero, Benedict, Tillotson and their heirs. Covey adds a few references to psychology, a twentieth century science, and many to Viktor Frankl, a sage of the Holocaust. Covey wraps the mix in a distinctively American can-do program of easy-looking steps calling, mostly, for self-discipline. The result is a quite worthwhile, useful manual for self-improvement. getAbstract.com believes most readers can learn something useful from this book, though some will find the style too familiar and easy-going, and the prescriptions easier to agree with than to act upon, much less adopt as habits.

Offered Free by: getAbstract

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"10 Really Good Reasons To Use Predictive Analytics"

Here are 10 really good reasons predictive analytics can help your business.

Predictive analytics is a powerful tool that helps organizations solve key challenges by using business knowledge to drive efficiencies and strengthen their competitive advantage. Read this best practices paper and you'll discover ten ways predictive analytics will make it easier for your organization to:

• Gain a more complete view of your business
• Find hidden value in your data
• Build stronger customer relationships
• Reduce your exposure to risk and fraud
• And much, much more...

Offered Free by: SPSS, Inc

Other Resources from: SPSS, Inc

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Request your free Survey Report:

"Avoiding the Compliance Trap for Travel and Expenses"

Discover how on-demand T&E solutions are helping companies quickly meet requirements to enforce policies and controls and are also providing capabilities to meet evolving compliance requirements.

Organizations weighing T&E automation should look beyond the value of streamlining the process to solutions that include analytic and reporting features that enforce compliance controls and provide audit evidence while minimizing business risks associated with uncontrolled spending and fraud. These more robust solutions are part of the extended enterprise applications market experiencing greater investment as a result of governance, risk, and compliance requirements.

Get the answers to the following questions posed by travel and expense management services provider Concur to Kathleen Wilhide, research director for IDC's Compliance and Business Performance Management (BPM) Solutions research, on behalf of Concur's customers.

1. What are the compliance issues surrounding employee travel and expense management?
2. Which industries are particularly at risk for noncompliance, and why?
3. What can companies do to improve internal controls and compliance?
4. How is the value proposition for automating T&E evolving?
5. What should companies look for in an on-demand provider of travel booking and expense reporting solutions?

This survey report was written by IDC.

Offered Free by: Concur Technologies

Other Resources from: Concur Technologies

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"A Buyer's Guide for On-Demand Financials"

Learn the key criteria for choosing an on-demand financial management and accounting solution, from the experts at THINKstrategies.

Use of Software as a Service (SaaS) is exploding, especially among small and midsize businesses looking to cut costs. In this white paper, expert Jeff Kaplan of THINKstrategies reveals 6 critical features to look for in an on-demand financial management and accounting solution. Learn how to choose the right software for your business—download your copy of this valuable guide now.

Offered Free by: Intacct Corporation

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Request Your Complimentary Magazine Subscription NOW!

Each issue of CFO provides 450,000 senior financial executives with the sophisticated analysis and innovative ideas they need to add value to their organizations.

From refinancing to reengineering, from insurance to information systems, CFO takes the latest financial thinking and shows how it is being implemented in the country's most innovative organizations. In the increasingly competitive arena of corporate finance, CFO keeps its readers on the inside track.

Frequency: Monthly

Geographic Eligibility: USA

Offered Free by: CFO Publishing Corp.

Other Resources from: CFO Publishing Corp.

The Friday Freebie: Learn what business intelligence can do for you

This one is a very useful Friday freebie and well worth getting. Follow instructions and make yourself smarter and Otto happier:

1) Read the outline below

2) Request your copy on this link (or the link below) and remember that this is for USA and Canada residents only.

3) Get your hands on your free copy (not joking, these freebies are exactly that..free) and get wise.

4) Otto makes a small commission from the publisher and smiles a big smile.

So if you too want to contribute to this humble corner of cyberpace AND learn about a key business advantage, all at no cost to you, now you know how to do it. Here comes the blurb.

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"Business Intelligence: The Definitive Guide for Midsize Organizations"

Get the latest on business intelligence and how midsize companies can put it to use for competitive advantage.

No longer the province of global giants, business intelligence is now both accessible and affordable even for nontechnical people who can use it to improve overall performance.

SAP is the world's leading provider of business software. More than 43,400 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP(r) applications - addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations.

Geographic Eligibility: USA, Canada

Offered by: SAP

Other Resources from: SAP

The Friday Freebie: Free synopsis of "The Wisdom of Crowds" by James Surowiecki

Here's another free condensed book reviews from the nice people at getAbstract. This time the abstract on offer is 'The Wisdom of Crowds', the recent bestseller by James Surowiecki. Find out more below and request your free copy of this synopsis by linking through right here.

PS: check out the full range of titles on offer from getAbstract on this link. With 12 titles to choose from there's something for all tastes. Enjoy

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The Wisdom of Crowds - Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations

Know in 10 minutes what it takes others hours, and keep up with the latest trends in your industry.

In this summary you will learn:

• Why large groups of people seem to be better than experts when it comes to forecasts, valuation and other tasks
• How scientists prove that crowds are wise
• Why it matters

Why you should read The Wisdom of Crowds
This well-written bestseller explores the apparent anomaly that crowds of nonexperts seem to be collectively smarter than individual experts or even small groups of experts. This basic insight is at the heart of contemporary financial investment theory, with its emphasis on the difficulty of outguessing the market. Beginning with British scientist Francis Galton’s remarkable discovery in 1906 that a crowd of nonexperts proved surprisingly competent at guessing the weight of an ox, financial columnist and author James Surowiecki skillfully recounts experiments, discoveries and anecdotes that demonstrate productive group thinking. The concept does not come as news to anyone reasonably well read in modern financial literature, but getAbstract recommends this comprehensive, fresh presentation.

About the Author
James Surowiecki is a staff writer at The New Yorker, which publishes his popular business column, "The Financial Page".

Request your copy here

Publisher: getAbstract

A free offer for European readers

Hi over there you European businesspeople types, hope you're having a good day. Here's a free offer for you to make yourself the shining star of your company and win serious brownie points with your bosses, avoid redundancy and get that promotion.

Request your free copy (not joking...it really is free) of this very useful report published by those nice people at Adobe by clicking right here. Now for the details:

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"Business Process Efficiency: Honing a Competitive Edge"

Explore how to improve margins, accelerate processing, eliminate errors, and increase customer satisfaction.

In today’s hypercompetitive market, financial services companies must learn how to produce services faster, cheaper, and better and improve profit margins in the face of mounting competition and other economic pressures. Increasing business process efficiency is the best way to improve margins and allow more flexibility in pricing. This paper explores how financial institutions are gaining a competitive edge by focusing on process efficiency for greater customer satisfaction and retention.

Geographic Eligibility: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Offered by: Adobe

Other Resources from: Adobe

Warren Buffett: The Snowball. A free book synopsis offer

Request your free copy on this link

In this summary you will learn:

• Who Warren Buffett is
• What his personal and business history is
• What his investment philosophy is
• How he became the world’s richest man

Why you should read The Snowball:

Warren Buffett is “everyman” as multibillionaire. Despite his vast wealth, he has always eschewed ostentation. He pays himself about $100,000 annually, which in today’s U.S. economy places him in the upper-middle-class. He lives in the same simple Omaha, Nebraska, house that he bought in 1958 for $31,500. He prefers an old gray suit to expensive London tailoring. In Buffett’s early days, when he was only a multimillionaire and not a multibillionaire, he walked around with holes in the soles of his shoes. To Buffett, wardrobe doesn’t matter; what matters is making money.

He is better at this pursuit than anyone else in the world. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked him as the globe’s richest man, with a net worth of $62.3 billion. Author Alice Schroeder does a masterful job of chronicling Buffett’s improbable, inspiring life. As a former superstar research analyst, Schroeder uses her expert knowledge of finance and commerce to detail Buffett’s investment philosophy and business activities.

getAbstract praises Schroeder’s remarkable skills as a researcher and writer. Her book is packed with fascinating details and trenchant observations about the “Oracle of Omaha.” One of the best business biographies available, this book shows how the world’s greatest investor amassed the world’s greatest fortune, while staying true to his essential self.

Request your copy of the abstract here

Free report on Planning and Budgeting

Yes indeed, time to put a free report in front of you that will hopefully be useful and gain you an edge. Also with a little luck IKN earns a penny or two in commish to keep the blog running. Request your free copy (really, it's 100% free for you. My cut comes from the providers..total win-win-win situation...certainly beats advertising penis enlargement kits on the site, no?).

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Request Your Free Executive Summary:

"Planning and Budgeting: Improving Effectiveness through Best Practices and Technology"

Learn the 5 Key Attributes to Effective Planning and Budgeting.

In Ventana Research's new benchmark executive summary, Robert D. Kugel, Senior VP of Research, found "an over-reliance on desktop spreadsheets and lack of consistent processes result in a lot of wasted time." Are you falling into this trap? How can you escape? Download Ventana's executive summary which uncovers five key attributes to effective planning and budgeting:

• Insight - into corporate performance and the factors driving results
• Accuracy - that can support smooth operational functioning
• Alignment - of corporate, departmental, and individual objectives
• Agility - with coordinated responses to change
• Collaboration - across the enterprise

Published by: Ventana Research; Sponsored by: Infor

Geographic Eligibility: USA, Canada

Request your copy here

Other Resources from: Infor

Free book summary of "The Black Swan" by Nassim Taleb

Ever wanted to read The Black Swan, Nassim Taleb's worldwide bestseller on the role of chance in market forces, but never had the time, money or opportunity? Your worries are over.

getAbstract is a new firm that supplies 10 minute compressed summaries of key books, offering up the essence of the argument in as short a time as possible. You can request your copy of the 100% totally free, gratis and for nothing abstract of The Black Swan by clicking this click. Here's a little more detail on the getAbstract book summary:

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"The Black Swan - The Impact of the Highly Improbable"

Know in 10 minutes what it takes others hours, and keep up with the latest trends in your industry.

In this summary you will learn:

• Why highly significant yet unpredictable events, called "black swans," are underappreciated
• Why people continually see misleading patterns in data
• How to embrace randomness and come to terms with black swans

Why you should read The Black Swan. According to critic Harold Bloom, Hamlet's predicament is not "that he thinks too much" but rather that "he thinks too well," being ultimately "unable to rest in illusions of any kind." The same could be said for philosopher, essayist and trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who finds something rotten in misguided yet supremely confident investment gurus, traders, hedge fund managers, Wall Street bankers, M.B.A.s, CEOs, Nobel-winning economists and others who claim that they can predict the future and explain the past. Like everyone else, says Taleb, these so-called "experts" fail to appreciate "black swans": highly consequential but unlikely events that render predictions and standard explanations worse than worthless. Taleb's style is personal and literary, but his heterodox insights are rigorous (if sometimes jolted by authorial filigree). This combination makes for a thrilling, disturbing, contentious and unforgettable book on chance and randomness. While Taleb offers strong medicine some readers may find too bitter at times, getAbstract prescribes it to anyone who wants a powerful inoculation against gullibility.

Geographic Eligibility: USA, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom

Publisher: getAbstract

Other Resources from: getAbstract

Weekend Freestuff

Here are four free report offers carefully selected by yours truly. Take a look and request the one (or ones) take your fancy. All free gratis and for nothing.......that's my kind of price.

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Request Your Free Case Study:"Life in 3D"

Achieving New Efficiencies in Rapid Color 3D Modeling/Printing.

The merging of 3D printing technology with Windows-based computer-aided design represents a paradigm shift for the role prototyping will play in all product development disciplines to come. This paper explores the trend via Timberland, Black & Decker, and Continental Tire case studies.

Geographic Eligibility: USA, Canada and Selected European Countries

Publisher: Z Corporation

Other Resources from: Z Corporation

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"10 Really Good Reasons To Use Predictive Analytics"

Here are 10 really good reasons predictive analytics can help your business.
Predictive analytics is a powerful tool that helps organizations solve key challenges by using business knowledge to drive efficiencies and strengthen their competitive advantage. Read this best practices paper and you'll discover ten ways predictive analytics will make it easier for your organization to:

Gain a more complete view of your business
Find hidden value in your data
Build stronger customer relationships
Reduce your exposure to risk and fraud
And much, much more...

Geographic Eligibility: USA, Canada, Selected International

Publisher: SPSS, Inc

Other Resources from: SPSS, Inc

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"No Stone Unturned: Strategies for Cash Management in Hard Times"

Under challenging economic circumstances, learn how mid-size companies are modifying their short-term cash management practices to maintain competitive positions.

While many mid-size companies have healthy balance sheets and solid credit histories, the cost of funding for nearly all businesses is likely to rise in the near term.

This survey report by CFO Research Services in collaboration with American Express revealed a notable shift in focus among finance executives as their companies prepare for the changing times. Mid-size company CFOs and their teams are now paying closer attention to short-term cash management. In response, many finance executives at mid-size companies are now leading a movement to get "back to the basics." But it's not that finance executives are being called on to do less—instead, they are re-sorting their priorities to uncover every opportunity to manage expenses and bolster working capital.

Through this survey report, explore mid-size senior finance executives' short-term cash management concerns, plans, and priorities in light of current financial-market realities. Prepared by CFO Research Services; Sponsored by American Express.

Geographic Eligibility: USA

Publisher: American Express

Other Resources from: American Express

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Request Your Free Executive Summary:

"Planning and Budgeting: Improving Effectiveness through Best Practices and Technology"

Learn the 5 Key Attributes to Effective Planning and Budgeting.

In Ventana Research's new benchmark executive summary, Robert D. Kugel, Senior VP of Research, found "an over-reliance on desktop spreadsheets and lack of consistent processes result in a lot of wasted time." Are you falling into this trap? How can you escape? Download Ventana's executive summary which uncovers five key attributes to effective planning and budgeting:

Insight - into corporate performance and the factors driving results
Accuracy - that can support smooth operational functioning
Alignment - of corporate, departmental, and individual objectives
Agility - with coordinated responses to change
Collaboration - across the enterprise

Published by: Ventana Research; Sponsored by: Infor

Geographic Eligibility: USA, Canada

Publisher: Infor

Other Resources from: Infor

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Freestuff to keep you amused

While I stretch out on a beach, here are four good links to freestuff to keep you occupied and busy reading and all that jazz. The first two are straight downloads with no catches. The third and fourth are on request basis for USA and Canada readers and if you get your free report Otto gets a small commish (so get yourself one, support IKN and get some free education at the same time).

• Download your free e-book of "The Real Warren Buffett" by clicking right here.

• Download your free five book compilation of "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, one of my all-time favourite reads and totally recommended.
  

• Get your brochure "What is ISO-9000 and Why Should I Care?" (especially useful for mining industry readers) by clicking right here.

• Request your copy of "Enterprise Asset Management: Maximizing Return on Assets (RoA) and Emerging Trends", an Aberdeen Group report which surveyed more than 160 manufacturing executives to understand the strategies and business capabilities adopted to maximize Return on Assets and reduce risk from failure of critical assets (which is exactly what businesses need to know in recessionary times, so get wise to this and shine like the stars that you are at the office Monday morning, dudettes and dudes).

See you back here in a week!

Weekend Freestuff

Otto's got three great freebies to offer you today. The first one is a straight download with no catches. The second and third are on request basis for USA and Canada readers and if you get your free report I get a small commish (so get yourself one, support IKN and get smart at the same time, ok?).

• Download your free e-book of "The Real Warren Buffett" by clicking right here.

• Get your brochure "What is ISO-9000 and Why Should I Care?" (especially useful for mining industry readers) by clicking right here.

• Request your copy of "Enterprise Asset Management: Maximizing Return on Assets (RoA) and Emerging Trends", an Aberdeen Group report which surveyed more than 160 manufacturing executives to understand the strategies and business capabilities adopted to maximize Return on Assets and reduce risk from failure of critical assets (which is exactly what businesses need to know in recessionary times, so get wise to this and shine like the stars that you are at the office Monday morning, dudettes and dudes).

Weekend Freestuff

Mining professionals with LatAm exposure: Don't forget to sign up for this free live video webcast "Dealflow in Mining A Current Canadian Perspective" offered by the TSX and Fasken Martineau on January 15th. It runs from 2pm and it will be well worth your time. This link will tell you a lot more and show you the way to get in touch. You get to pick the best brains in the biz for free!! C'mon...get signed up, dudes.

A lot of institutional reports pass my desk and so only a few really grab me and make me say "Wow, that's GREAT info". Well this report on Brazil economics going forward entitled "Taxman (And You're Working for No One But Me)" is top class and explains the problems we can expect from Lula's new policy switch. I learned a lot by reading this excellent work and I hope you do too. Highly recommended. Click here to download.

As for e-books, here are the links to three of the most popular ever offered on this series.

• This link takes you to a free download of "Nostromo" by Conrad

• This link takes you to a free download of "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" by Lefevre.

• This link takes you to a free download of "The Devil's Dictionary" by Bierce.

Three great reads. Help yourself

Weekend Freestuff

Free, gratis and for nothing, here we are again with the perfect solution to "Awwww...ahm bored an' ah got nothing ta read".

Click this link to directly download a free copy of Ambrose Bierce's famous 'Devil's Dictionary'. Yes, this wonderful and entertaining piece of literature that you've always liked but never owned can now be yours forever thanks to this PDF file. Included are such classics as:

INFANCY, n. The period of our lives when, according to Wordsworth, "Heaven lies
about us." The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage............

150 pages of fun. Get yours today.

Click this link to apply for your free subscription to Futures Magazine (and I hope you do, because you get the free sub and I get a buck fifty commish for this). Here's the blurb from the publishers that is designed to tempt you even further.

You'll increase your profit potential once you've gained the timely market insight that Futures Magazine magazine provides. Each issue is full of indispensable information including in-depth interviews with top traders about trading strategies and tactics, technical analysis, and money management best practices. Futures Magazine provides you with the essentials you need to make smart trading decisions.

Finally, click this link for your free direct download copy of Joseph Conrad's novel, 'Nostromo'. This book may have been written moons ago, but there really is no better way to understand the ways of Latin America and the mentalities of those that live here than to read this hugely intelligent and satisfying book (apart from live here, of course). This is a book I'm really pleased to be able to offer you and it's a totally free download, too. No ifs, buts or catches (just like the Devil's Dictionary).

Free weekend reading stuff

Live Free Or Die! Yay, it's the freestuff post. Get yourself learned up on these free themes and memes, all of a business type this week:

UBS has published a macro outlook for 2009, what the financial crisis means to different sectors and how the recession might play out. Here's the link to the PDF download.

Here's an interview with highly respected stock analyst David Coffin, the subject being Canadian uranium junior Hathor (HAT.v). Not my metal and certainly not my geographical area, but as Mickey Fulp also likes this stock I thought I'd pass this one on. DYODD, dude. Here's the link.

Here's the link to a free report from Moody's, entitled "Into The Woods: Mortgage Credit Quality, Its Prospects and Implications." You need to fill out a form to get this, but it's still 100% free, gratis and for nothing. Here's the blurb and here's the link again, just in case:

This Moody's Economy.com special study utilizes unique data from Equifax and Moody's Investor Services to assess future levels of credit degradation and where the greatest challenges will be realized. The study evaluates the threat mortgage credit problems pose to the housing market and broader economy, and the scenarios under which these problems could result in an economic recession.

Otto's weekend freestuff

Free free free! We love free!!!!!! Here we go:

This one is free for you and it earns me a commission from the publishers, so get educated and help maintain this site at the same time. It's a quality White Paper report, too (I don't offer no trasho, y'know) published by Adobe and called "Rapid E-Learning: Maturing Technology Brings Balance and Possibilities". You learn why more skilled learning professionals use e-learning tools and you can get solutions to keep pace with your business demands. This offer is for USA and Canada residents only. Here's the link again, so there's no excuses.

Next freebie is this report on junior miners that screens hundreds of them for good cash-to-market-cap ratio. Excellent source material.

The final freebie today might surprise some regular readers. Antal E. Fekete is an economic theorist who is highly esteemed in the goldbug community. I was pointed to this report last night by Lucas over at Trend&Value, and after my "Aw gawd, not him!" complaint and his "just read the report, then moan" reply I downloaded this paper written by Fekete dated November 4th 2008 and entitled "Revisionist Theory of Depressions (can it happen again?)."

It's a very interesting and intelligent take on the current crisis, and although I don't agree with some of his argument, other parts are certainly two or three cuts above the normal tosh written by the goldbug community. So here's the link, and have a read yourself. Twelve pages of not-too dense script and perfectly accessible for the non-academic (e.g. me). Excellent food for thought and thank you for insisting, Lucas.

Otto's weekend freestuff

Here we are, back with the free weekend downloads and interesting stuff for nothing section. There's something for all (ok, most) tastes, so dig in dudettes and dudes.

Free E-Book; Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. I'm putting this link up again because if just one more person out there takes advantage, downloads and reads this it'll be well worth it. The best book on stock investment ever written.

Free White Paper Report; Engaging With The New E-Learning. Adobe (yep, the clever guys who do Acrobat) offers this white paper that gives 12 smart ideas on how to engage and retain learners online. As a secondary reason to get your copy, if you go for this one I get a small commission from the people out there. Help an Otto this weekend? (USA and Canada residents only on this one, I'm afraid).

Amnesty International's report on Colombia named "Leave Us In Peace". If you've ever wondered why people are continually up in arms about so-called human rights abuses in the land of Uribe, read this and you'll extract the "so-called" from that sentence.

Free report on the Commodities sector. Want to read the kind of stuff read by the industry? Here's a report dated 13th October from Macquarie that shows the state of play in the base metals sector, with plenty of data about supply, demand and all that wonky stuff people like me enjoy. At 13 pages it's not too heavy and it's full of useful charts, too.

Free NOBS report on Metanor. Yep, I'm still trying to drum up interest in my online analysis service, and here's the freebie access page again.

Otto's freebies, get 'em while they're hot

At a loose end this weekend? Nothing meaty, useful and interesting to read? Well don't blame me. Choose from this list and get wise before Monday. Enjoy.

Free report from Moody's on the erosion in mortgage creditworthiness and the likely implications. This new report from Moody's is required reading to get a handle on the future credit map of the USA's real economy.

Free e-book "Vulnerability Management for Dummies". Teaches you how to protect your network system in easy steps. Highly respected publisher.

Free e-book "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator." Lefevre's all-time classic is as relevant today as it's always been. Regularly voted the best book on investment in the stock market ever written.

Free bespoke report on Metanor (MTO.v). Your humble servant gives away his NOBS wares at no charge.

Free bespoke report on Andina Minerals (ADM.v). Ditto, and real easy to get hold of, too.

Repost: Free E-book on Vulnerability Management

This is a re-post from yesterday to give new readers a chance to enjoy this free offer. Pick up you free e-book today!

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Considering how the market is, "free" seems like the best price worth offering.......

Otto loves you as if you were his own sister or brother, dear reader. Because of that IKN has dug out a neat free e-book offer for you. From the world famous and rightly popular "For Dummies" series, here's a new title; "Vulnerability Management For Dummies." This e-book will walk you through how to avoid network attacks and bolster your business or company's online security.

All this vital and useful information is yours for free! Beats paying a consultant, no? So Here's the link to click to get your free copy. Please note that the offer is available to residents of the USA and Canada only (sorry, I'd offer it to everyone but there are limitations slapped on me).

Here's the link again, just in case you missed it. And here underneath is the blurb from the book people themselves. I hope you take advantage of this offer, people.....you know it makes sense.

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"Vulnerability Management for Dummies"

Get all the Facts and See How to Implement a Successful Vulnerability Management Program.

As a business owner, or someone responsible for network security within your organization, you need to understand how to prevent attacks and eliminate network weaknesses that leave your business exposed and at risk.

Vulnerability Management for Dummies arms you with the facts and shows you how to implement a successful Vulnerability Management program. Whether your network consists of just a handful of computers or thousands of servers distributed around the world, this 5-part book will help:

• Explain the critical need for Vulnerability Management (VM)
• Detail the essential best-practice steps of a successful VM Program
• Outline the various VM Solutions - including the pros & cons of each
• Highlight the award-winning QualysGuard VM solution
• Provide a 10-point checklist for removing vulnerabilities from your key resources

Geographic Eligibility: USA, Canada

Publisher: Qualys

Click here to get your free e-book