JOHANNESBURG – The five best read stories on Alec Hogg’s BizNews.com, Tuesday, 14 February 2017:

1. Does Pravin Gordhan have VAT alternative? Writing may (75%) be on Budget wall.

2. Easy Investing: Shares we picked for our baskets/bundle – Mark Ingham, Alec Hogg

3. SA bank carves out a niche market in the USA – try this at home?

4. Zuma doesn’t understand economy or white people: ‘truths’ about ‘monopoly capital’. Brilliant analysis!

5. Death knell for tax haven? Switzerland loses lustre, companies to head for departure lounge

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