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Jodi Gordon reveals what she REALLY thinks about vitamin queen rival Jessica Sepel

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Home And Away star Jodi Gordon has broken her silence about the war raging between high-end vitamin brand JSHealth and the fledgling Life Botanics. Life Botanics, backed by Jodi, entered the vitamin market six months ago offering a product ‘almost identical’ to that offered by JSHealth, selling for half the price. Jessica Sepel, founder of JSHealth, has since blasted Life Botanics online, branding the company a ‘fake cat’ and threatening legal action. Home And Away star Jodi Gordon has broken her silence about the war raging between high-end vitamin brand JSHealth and the fledgling Life Botanics. Image on left is Jodi Gordon, and right is JSHealth founder Jessica Sepel Despite previously maintaining a dignified silence on the matter, Jodi finally considered it during an interview with Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday. ‘I’m not involved in that [pubic battle with JSHealth], but if you look at the facts here. You buy quality vitamins at affordable prices,’ he said. ‘This i

The wine we drink and the machine that thinks

Are period tracking apps a privacy concern? Andrea Ford, University of Edinburgh & Laura Lazaro Cabrera, Privacy International In late June, a law that was construed as granting the right to have an abortion in the US – Roe vs. Wade – was overturned, leaving decisions on the legality of the procedure for each state. Since then, half of US states have made moves to ban or restrict abortion, which technically means any woman who seeks the procedure can be prosecuted. After Roe vs Wade, a viral message quickly spread online, telling women to delete any period tracking app they were using. But why is this app a concern? Julia Ravey talks to Andrea Ford, a medical and cultural anthropologist at the University of Edinburgh… Andrea- There have been many concerns that have arisen since the news in the US. The concern is that the data in your app could potentially be used as incriminating evidence, if you were in a situation where you were mistreated for having an abortion. So that it can

Why this money manager thinks the market is less risky than it was six months ago

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Chris Blumas understands why investors might be nervous about a looming recession. Illustration after illustration of Joel Kimmel Money manager Chris Blumas understands why many investors are reluctant to buy stocks at this time, given the economic threats, including predictions of a growing recession. But in his view, the market is currently much less risky as valuations for many securities have dropped significantly, meaning the potential for better returns is even higher for investors holding funds for the long term. “That’s not to say that things can’t go down in the short term, but for anyone with a time horizon of more than three to five years, now is a pretty interesting time to invest if you can look beyond short term volatility. , said Mr. Blumas, a Toronto-based portfolio manager at Raymond James Investment Counsel Ltd., a multi-manager platform with approximately $1 billion in assets under management. “I see a lot of value in the market today,” added Mr. Blumas, who overs

Despite some 'Ponzi schemes', this fundie thinks crypto will bounce back stronger

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Given we’re in a bear market right now, what about the Web3 share of the fund? Obviously, it’s going down, and this is why the allocation is small. But we’re figuring things out over a five to seven year timeframe, and while the current downdraft is putting some drag on the portfolio, to me, it’s actually pretty good in terms of cleaning up a lot of the bad stuff in the space. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies had a tough six months. Credit: AP And what regulators are trying to implement, within a clear framework and legislation, is to avoid this. What happened today is a rerun of what happened in traditional financial services over the years. That’s very clear when you look at some of the influences in the Web3 space. It doesn’t cease to amaze me that people are taking on so much influence in a space that is already growing so fast. Why would you want to do that? Yeah, when you look at things like the Celsius drawdown pause and the interest rates they offer, I mean, do people rea