JOHANNESBURG - The five best read stories on Alec Hogg's BizNews.com, Monday, January 5 2015:

1. Lucy Kellaway: Worst of the worst - my 2014 Golden Flannel Awards

2. Zuckerberg boosting books - promises to read 24 in 2015, first pick sold out

3. Parkinson's - NeuroDerm's drug shows promise as surgery alternative

4. How free shipping is killing online retailers in the USA

5. Oil price war up a notch - tests US desire for energy independence

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