Vouch for me 👍- LinkedIn rolls out features to fight fake profiles, Cineplex gets a new CEO.
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Vouch for me 👍- LinkedIn rolls out features to fight fake profiles, Cineplex gets a new CEO.

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 24, 20269 min
  • News bulletin
  • Business & money

LinkedIn is rolling out new tools to crack down on fake identities, bogus work histories, and invented credentials, including a feature that lets former colleagues and classmates vouch for one another and a way for companies to flag people falsely claiming employment. Plus, Cineplex has named Bill Walker as its new CEO and launched a strategic review that could lead to a sale, as a resurgent box office draws interest from foreign theatre chains and puts Canada’s dominant cinema operator in play. And in The Big Picture: Canada’s population growth falls to its slow...

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Hey, PeeCals, I'm Alex Blumenstein. And I am Jay Rosenthal. And what is this, Jay? Well, this is your peak daily for Thursday, September 24th, 2026, where we cover the biggest

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stories in Canadian and global business, finance, and tech, all in less than 10 minutes. Jay, love talking about the concerts you go to. You went to one of your favorites, the somewhat controversial, from what I understand, Zach Brian last night. Tell us about the scene kind of walk us

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through the people, the atmosphere, the vibes, if you will. It was at Roger Center. So Skydome, so big, big, big concert. I went with my daughter and two of her friends. So I was

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