JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, Thursday, August 21 2014:

1. SA doctors perform heart surgery on wrong patient

2. Time to fire your fund manager? Here's how to build your own global portfolio

3. Matthew Lester: Confession of an Eastern Cape coke addict

4. ‘Good news' shock could kill the five-year-old bull market in global stock

5. The 6 habits of remarkable employees

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