Tourette’s Drama ‘I Swear’ With Robert Aramayo & Maxine Peake Pre-Sells To Studiocanal, Wild Bunch, Transmission & More

Tourette’s Drama ‘I Swear’ With Robert Aramayo & Maxine Peake Pre-Sells To Studiocanal, Wild Bunch, Transmission & More

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the European Film Market, Bankside Films has revealed multiple pre-sales on BAFTA nominee Kirk Jones’ Tourette’s drama I Swear, which is currently in post production. Bankside will be showing a promo to buyers in Berlin and above is a first-look image of the film starring Robert Aramayo (The Lord of the…

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‘Your Honor’ Becomes First Israeli Drama To Be Remade In China

‘Your Honor’ Becomes First Israeli Drama To Be Remade In China

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Your Honor has become the first Israeli drama to be adapted for the Chinese market. Israel’s Yes Studios has struck a deal with William Lau‘s Hong Kong-based Ladder Ideas Limited to produce and a broadcasting partner will be unveiled in March, the studio said. Titled Kvodo, the legal thriller originated in Israel but…

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Commerzbank plans job cuts, new targets to keep UniCredit away: sources

Commerzbank plans job cuts, new targets to keep UniCredit away: sources

[ad_1] GERMANY’S Commerzbank is preparing staff cuts and revamped financial targets in its efforts to fend off tie-up advances by Italy’s UniCredit, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the plans told Reuters. Four of them said, however, the measures would be more evolutionary than radical, while some conceded that a takeover of the German bank,…

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ABS introduces digital tool for banks to verify trade financing documents

ABS introduces digital tool for banks to verify trade financing documents

[ad_1] BANKS in the Republic can now better tackle trade finance fraud with a new automated digital tool that checks the authenticity of bills of lading – supporting documents commonly used to apply for trade financing – within the Association of Banks in Singapore’s (ABS) Trade Finance Registry (TFR). Currently, this verification process is manual,…

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China tightens rules on new copper smelters to curb overcapacity

China tightens rules on new copper smelters to curb overcapacity

[ad_1] China will also encourage copper smelters to sign long-term purchase agreements with global miners CHINA has tightened requirements for building new copper smelters, in its latest attempt to curb relentless capacity expansion in the world’s top producer of the refined metal. Companies building new copper smelters should control enough mine supply – via outright…

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Bank Indonesia says liquidity measure will support government housing goal

Bank Indonesia says liquidity measure will support government housing goal

[ad_1] Bank Indonesia has been using similar liquidity measures to spur credit growth since 2023 INDONESIA’S central bank said it will increase to 80 trillion rupiah (S$6.6 billion) the amount of liquidity freed up by reducing reserve requirements for banks that lend to the property sector, to support the government’s housing goal. Bank Indonesia (BI)…

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‘Hitch’ Director Recalls “Difficulties” Working With Will Smith & Why Actor Tried To “Back Out” 3 Days Before Filming Began

‘Hitch’ Director Recalls “Difficulties” Working With Will Smith & Why Actor Tried To “Back Out” 3 Days Before Filming Began

[ad_1] Hitch director Andy Tennant recalls the “difficulties” in filming Hitch and working with Will Smith. In a new interview, the filmmaker looked back at how it was shooting the 2005 romantic comedy that also starred Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Amber Valletta, Michael Rapaport, and Adam Arkin. “We had our difficulties. The movie I wanted…

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VES Awards Winners List – Updating Live

VES Awards Winners List – Updating Live

[ad_1] The Visual Effects Society is handing out its 23rd annual VES Awards tonight at the Beverly Hilton, and Deadline is posting the winners as they are announced. See the list below. The evening opened with VES exec director Nancy Ward thanking the first responders who risked it all to say lives and property during…

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Trump’s crypto company launches strategic ‘token reserve’

Trump’s crypto company launches strategic ‘token reserve’

[ad_1] WORLD Liberty Financial (WLF), the new crypto platform in which US President Donald Trump holds a financial stake, announced that it was unveiling a strategic token reserve designed to bolster Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies “that are at the forefront of reshaping global finance”. WLF said on Tuesday (Feb 11) that its new token…

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