JOHANNESBURG – The five best read stories on Alec Hogg’s BizNews.com, Thursday, July 9 2015:

1. Judge slams Lotto licence award to Ithuba as risky, irrational – Davies defends

2. Disruption arrives in SA’s share market – ZARX to become second exchange

3. Mobius: China’s “extreme, desperate” actions add to pain of share mkt crash

4. Done Deal? SA signs nuclear power agreements with Russia at BRICS meeting

5. 10 things you didn’t know about new NPA head Shaun Abrahams

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