JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, Thursday, January 15 2015:

1. Discovery's Gidon Novick: Meet the Chief Digital Officer of SA's most innovative big business

2. Craig Gradidge: Play the long game on Sasol Inzalo shares

3. DAKAR: Al-Attiyah eyes title as de Villiers loses his way

4. Ian Kilbride: Reflections on political hypocrisy in wake of Charlie Hebdo, Nigerian atrocities

5. Davos Stars: Marissa Mayer - American ballet dancer, and artificial intelligence whizzkid

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