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Declan Byrne

Corporate Affairs Reporter

1534 Articles

About Declan

Declan covers the corporate beat: earnings seasons, mergers and acquisitions, boardroom changes and restructurings. He reads the filings so readers don't have to, and prefers the footnotes to the press release. His test for a company story is simple: what changed, for whom, and does the money agree.

Areas of Expertise

Earnings M&A corporate strategy governance

Latest Articles

Markaz Swings to H1 Profit as Q2 Revenue Rebound Offsets Q1 Loss
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Markaz Swings to H1 Profit as Q2 Revenue Rebound Offsets Q1 Loss

Kuwait Financial Centre earned KD 0.03 million in H1-2026 as Q2 revenue of KD 10.68 million reversed a KD 2.67 million f...

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eToro Posts 77% GAAP Profit Jump as TradeZero Deal Deepens US Push
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eToro Posts 77% GAAP Profit Jump as TradeZero Deal Deepens US Push

Second-quarter net contribution rose 9% to $229m and funded accounts climbed 18% to 4.28m, but July crypto volume fell s...

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AFC Raises CHF350 Million in Landmark Digital Bond for African Issuers
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AFC Raises CHF350 Million in Landmark Digital Bond for African Issuers

The Africa Finance Corporation priced a five-year digital note at 1.4925%, with 90% of demand from Swiss investors and t...

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Anthropic's Potential $2 Trillion IPO Would Shatter Wall Street Records
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Anthropic's Potential $2 Trillion IPO Would Shatter Wall Street Records

Investors expect Anthropic, the maker of Claude, to seek at least a $2 trillion valuation in a possible October 2026 IPO...

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Livelo launches loyalty index as Brazilians treat points like household savings
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Livelo launches loyalty index as Brazilians treat points like household savings

New ILF index debuts at 75.8/100; a Livelo-commissioned survey of 1,250 Brazilians found 87% of loyalty users see points...

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Forbes Fires Top Editor Over Undisclosed $6 Million Payment From Ranking Partner
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Forbes Fires Top Editor Over Undisclosed $6 Million Payment From Ranking Partner

Randall Lane is out as Forbes editor-in-chief after the company learned he took about $6 million from RJ Shook, whose Sh...

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Shein's Reported $2.8bn Hong Kong IPO Faces Valuation Fight as Growth Cools
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Shein's Reported $2.8bn Hong Kong IPO Faces Valuation Fight as Growth Cools

Shein is reportedly set to launch a Hong Kong IPO next week targeting $30bn-$40bn, down more than 60% from its 2022 priv...

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Rio Court Sets Aug. 25 Bankruptcy Hearing for Oi as Cash and Asset Sales Stall
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Rio Court Sets Aug. 25 Bankruptcy Hearing for Oi as Cash and Asset Sales Stall

A Rio court will hear Oi's bankruptcy case on August 25. The operator says cash will run out this month, has agreed to c...

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STF Mediation Ends Without Deal on R$6.6bn BRB Rescue Loan
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STF Mediation Ends Without Deal on R$6.6bn BRB Rescue Loan

A Supreme Court conciliation hearing failed to unlock the R$6.6bn credit Brasília needs to capitalize Banco de Brasília,...

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What Applied Materials' 13 August Data Page Shows on Valuation
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What Applied Materials' 13 August Data Page Shows on Valuation

A 13 August 2026 data page on Applied Materials offers segment details and three valuation metrics, but no stock price o...

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Antofagasta's LSE Snapshot Shows 10.63 EV/EBITDA and 15.13% ROE
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Antofagasta's LSE Snapshot Shows 10.63 EV/EBITDA and 15.13% ROE

The London-headquartered copper miner's data page details its Chilean operations and by-products, but leaves out the PEG...

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Muthoot FinCorp Files for ₹3,000 Crore IPO to Fund Lending and Digital Push
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Muthoot FinCorp Files for ₹3,000 Crore IPO to Fund Lending and Digital Push

The Muthoot Pappachan Group NBFC plans a fresh-issue offer, with proceeds for Tier I capital, lending and digital expans...

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Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank Unlocks 57.9 Million IPO-Locked Shares
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Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank Unlocks 57.9 Million IPO-Locked Shares

The five-year lock-up ends for 0.60% of the Shanghai lender's share capital, but employee directors and senior executive...

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Starburst Signs F1 Champion Lando Norris to Front Global Enterprise AI Campaign
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Starburst Signs F1 Champion Lando Norris to Front Global Enterprise AI Campaign

Starburst's Ask. Know. Go. push puts the 2025 Formula 1 champion at the centre of a B2B effort linking racing decisions ...

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SAP and BBDO New York Launch 'Beginning of Better' to Reframe AI Fears
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SAP and BBDO New York Launch 'Beginning of Better' to Reframe AI Fears

The enterprise software company positions its Autonomous Enterprise vision as the latest in a long history of technology...

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US Justice Department Backs Musk in X Advertiser Boycott Appeal
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US Justice Department Backs Musk in X Advertiser Boycott Appeal

The Department of Justice has asked the Fifth Circuit to revive X's antitrust claims against 10 major advertisers, argui...

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TGN Appoints Mariana Jourdan to Lead Community Relations and Sustainability
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TGN Appoints Mariana Jourdan to Lead Community Relations and Sustainability

The Argentine gas pipeline operator TGN hires sustainability veteran Mariana Jourdan, bringing Toyota Argentina ESG expe...

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Record $12.5 Billion Lakers Sale Puts Kushner, Iger and Walter Under Intense Scrutiny
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Record $12.5 Billion Lakers Sale Puts Kushner, Iger and Walter Under Intense Scrutiny

A $12.5 billion agreement to sell control of the Los Angeles Lakers to a Josh Kushner–Bob Iger group has triggered quest...

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Time Out and Chase Launch UK Top 2% Restaurant Guide With 2% Cashback Tie-In
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Time Out and Chase Launch UK Top 2% Restaurant Guide With 2% Cashback Tie-In

Time Out is rolling out The Top 2%, a 200-restaurant UK guide created with Chase and WPP Media, spanning print, digital,...

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Why World Cup Hydration Breaks Became a Breakout Ad Inventory Win
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Why World Cup Hydration Breaks Became a Breakout Ad Inventory Win

Fans mocked the 2026 World Cup's mid-half hydration breaks, but advertisers saw a different story: audience loss of roug...

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Why Managed Workwear Is the Circular Textile Model the Wider Industry Can Learn From
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Why Managed Workwear Is the Circular Textile Model the Wider Industry Can Learn From

A new Textiles Intelligence report argues that European workwear-as-a-service providers such as Elis and Lindström turn ...

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Manchester's WAWWA Triples Turnover After £120,000 Digital Factory Upgrade
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Manchester's WAWWA Triples Turnover After £120,000 Digital Factory Upgrade

The UK clothing maker says a Made Smarter-backed move from manual patterns to CAD/CAM and automated cutting cut grading ...

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Dove's US Open Return Pairs Fashion Photographers With Antiperspirant Marketing
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Dove's US Open Return Pairs Fashion Photographers With Antiperspirant Marketing

The Unilever brand is turning its second year as US Open underarm sponsor into a fashion-led, social-first campaign buil...

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The Cofounder Conversations AI Startup Teams Say Prevent Costly Breakups
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The Cofounder Conversations AI Startup Teams Say Prevent Costly Breakups

Three AI startup teams on equity, domain ownership, commitment and conflict: the early agreements that keep small, fast-...

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Chandrasekaran to Step Down as Tata Sons Chairman After Board Deadlock
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Chandrasekaran to Step Down as Tata Sons Chairman After Board Deadlock

The TCS lifer who rebuilt Tata Group's global ambitions will leave in February 2027 after a six-month impasse over his r...

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IP Nation Launches as First Investment Platform for Arabic Music and Entertainment IP
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IP Nation Launches as First Investment Platform for Arabic Music and Entertainment IP

UAE-based IP Nation debuts with a $100m target and backing from Influence Media Partners, aiming to buy and develop Arab...

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Banco do Brasil Says Agribusiness Delinquency Still High, Bets on MP 1.376 and Tighter Collateral
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Banco do Brasil Says Agribusiness Delinquency Still High, Bets on MP 1.376 and Tighter Collateral

BB's Q2 call showed an R$3.9bn adjusted profit beat, but high agro defaults and capital pressure kept analysts cautious ...

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Telstra CEO Pay Rises 11% to $6.8m Despite Triple-Zero Outage and 1,200 Job Cuts
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Telstra CEO Pay Rises 11% to $6.8m Despite Triple-Zero Outage and 1,200 Job Cuts

Australia's largest telco lifts full-year profit 2.7%, increases mobile prices, announces a $1bn buyback and cuts 1,200 ...

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ANZ Reports 12% Drop in Home Loan Applications After Housing Tax Changes
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ANZ Reports 12% Drop in Home Loan Applications After Housing Tax Changes

ANZ is the third major Australian bank to flag weaker mortgage demand after negative gearing and capital gains tax chang...

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Drought Fire Bans Leave French Pyrotechnic Firms Counting a Lost Summer
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Drought Fire Bans Leave French Pyrotechnic Firms Counting a Lost Summer

Prefects across France have cancelled August 15 fireworks over fire risk, hitting summer-dependent pyrotechnic businesse...

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