JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, Thursday, March 12 2015:

1. Why Oracle's Larry Ellison deserves his pay of $103m a year

2. Bloomberg View: How the Chinese fell in love with Bitcoin

3. Anchor Capital: Essential market review, 12 March

4. Caution required! Finding a place for tax free investments in your portfolio

5. This is the future: 10 new technologies Africa can use to leapfrog

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