JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, December 1 2014:

1. Gary Player: Goodbye Ian, my beloved brother

2. UPDATED WITH NEW PICS: Douw's R250m Palazzo Steyn reflects "confidence in SA"

3. Cees Bruggemans: Oil price collapse to boost SA economy at least 2.5% in 2015

4. E-cigarettes a bigger cancer risk than smoking tobacco - Japanese scientists

5. SA economy: It's always darkest before the dawn

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