Christie's and Sotheby's, in their neck-and-neck battle for art-world supremacy, continue to prove that art is a stellar investment in these volatile economic times.

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The first worry is about direct competition for things that are in more or less fixed supply: geopolitical supremacy, the world's oil and raw materials, the status and perks that come with being the issuer of a trusted international currency.

ECONOMIST: A game of catch-up

Harlan Loeb, the region's counsel for the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil-rights organisation, reckons that the World Church of the Creator is one of the fastest-growing white supremacy groups in the country.

ECONOMIST: Racism

Its supremacy Sunday bordered on the terrifying, especially since the Club World Cup title came just eight days after winning at Real Madrid, probably the only team in Europe that comes close to matching Pep Guardiola's team.

WSJ: Barcelona: Club Champions of the World

Indeed these SE Asian nations are now ripe to take the high ground in world economics with low debt, high investment power and now knowing that innovation is the golden key to capturing economic supremacy.

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