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

1. Ivo Vegter on public plea for money: My readers saved my life

2. First Strut's Jeff Wiggill - R1bn fraudster must be laughing from his grave

3. Top UK fund manager flees from HSBC (full statement)

4. Spring clean your life: Know your Big Five priorities - Rob Opie

5. Louis Group property syndicates: masterminds threaten to sue BizNews

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