JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, Wednesday, December 10 2014:

1. Herman Mashaba: How to put SA's 8.3m unemployed to work

2. Brilliant analysis: If US Shale passes endurance test, lower oil prices here to stay

3. Geoff Blount: JSE listed companies are average - and here's the proof

4. Lucy Kellaway: How to flirt your way up the corporate ladder

5. Allon Raiz: You need to risk failure in order to succeed

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