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Noubikko Tips

On Buying Clothes

NOUBI SAYS: It’s easy enough just to buy clothes, but be aware of “sales talks”, as well. It’s up to you to choose...

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Noubikko Tips

On Fabric and Garment

NOUBI SAYS:  Always check the fabric content to see what maintenance it requires to keep looking good. Before buying any clothing, make sure...

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Noubikko Tips

Looking into your Wardrobe

NOUBI SAYS: When you have your basic wardrobe it will cost you less to maintain them than buying many unrelated pieces for their...

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Noubikko Tips

TIPS: for the STOMACH

Do’s & Don’ts NOUBI SAYS: These are good and the bad. GOOD: Waistless dress, blouson, empire, chemise, wrap dresses with diagonal closing, over blouse...

Exclusive: Crypto messaging startup Ephemera raises $20 million to challenge Signal and WhatsApp thumbnail
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Exclusive: Crypto messaging startup Ephemera raises $20 million to challenge Signal and WhatsApp

Fred Wilson, cofounder of Union Square Ventures, has joined Epherma’s board. Crypto’s big promise is decentralization: decentralized money, decentralized cloud computing and, in...

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Elon Musk released xAI’s Grok 4 without any safety reports—despite calling AI more ‘dangerous than nukes’ 

Samuel Marks, an AI safety researcher at Anthropic, called the lack of safety reporting from xAI “reckless”. Elon Musk’s xAI has released its...

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Retail sales rebound in June after 2 straight months of declines

Retail sales rose 0.6% in June after declining 0.9% in May and 0.1% in April, pulled down by a steep drop in auto...

‘My personal life is a regret from A to Z’: Connie Francis, whose roofing contractor, accordion&playing father was just her first obstacle, dies at 87 thumbnail
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‘My personal life is a regret from A to Z’: Connie Francis, whose roofing contractor, accordion&playing father was just her first obstacle, dies at 87

The pop star was married four times and would say that only her third husband, Joseph Garzilli, was worth the trouble. The other...

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Liberal mayor proudly outsources part of his job to ChatGPT. Up next: running the city government

By 2026, Matt Mahan wants about 15% of San Jose’s workers trained to use AI for tasks including pothole response, bus routing and...

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Elmo’s X account hacked to publish racist and antisemetic posts

The Business Economic provides reliable, free, up-to-the-minute syndicated news to any media publication. The Business Economic is a network member of the Associated...