Best of the Fool: Top 5 articles of the past week (26 August to 01 September)

Here are last week's most popular stories on Fool.com.au

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Published September 2, 2013 11:23 am AEST

Here are last week's most popular stories on Fool.com.au:

Collins Foods' KFC restaurants declining in popularity August 28, 2013

Companies mentioned: S&P/ASX 200 index (Index:^AXJO) (ASX:XJO), Collins Foods (ASX: CKF)

3 companies with the world at their feet August 26, 2013

Companies mentioned: Ansell (ASX: ANN), CSL (ASX: CSL), ResMed (ASX: RMD)

Top stock picks for September August 30, 2013

Companies mentioned: Jetset Travelworld (ASX:JET), Flight Centre (ASX: FLT), Corporate Travel Management (ASX: CTD), Silver Lake Resources (ASX: SLR), Mortgage Choice (ASX: MOC), G8 Education (ASX: GEM), Leighton Holdings (ASX: LEI), My Net Fone (ASX: MNF)

3 gold stocks surging as gold prices recover August 26, 2013

Companies mentioned: Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM), Silver Lake Resources (ASX: SLR), Alacer Gold (ASX: AQG)

This small freight company could be the next big freight company August 27, 2013

Companies mentioned: Asciano (ASX: AIO), Toll Holdings (ASX: TOL), Qube Holdings (ASX: QUB), Vision S&P/ASX 200 Index (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO)

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