JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, December 23 2014:

1. First casualties in oil price war - US fracking pioneer sharply reduces drilling

2. Superstar singer, Free Mandela activist, Joe Cocker dies of lung cancer

3. North Korea loses internet access - is this US retaliation?

4. Seeing the doctor abroad: why medical tourism is booming in Asia

5. ANC SG Mantashe says he's worried about ructions at SARS - but can he do anything about it?

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