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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

Kushner and Iger Agree to $12.5 Billion Los Angeles Lakers Takeover
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Kushner and Iger Agree to $12.5 Billion Los Angeles Lakers Takeover

The reported deal values the NBA franchise at a US record $12.5 billion, marking a rapid flip after last year's $10 bill...

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Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles NSE Price at ₹349.6; Quarterly EBITDA Slumps 99% to ₹17 Crore
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Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles NSE Price at ₹349.6; Quarterly EBITDA Slumps 99% to ₹17 Crore

Shares of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles traded at ₹349.6 on NSE with a market cap of ₹1,28,753.89 crore, while quarterl...

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ECOWAS Investment Bank Approves More Than €269.55m and $200m for Guinea, Ghana and Sierra Leone Projects
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ECOWAS Investment Bank Approves More Than €269.55m and $200m for Guinea, Ghana and Sierra Leone Projects

The EBID board approved five operations spanning roads, a regional hospital, an 11 MW hydro plant and a reinsurance capi...

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Afreximbank's New Red Line: No More Raw Lithium Exports Without Local Processing
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Afreximbank's New Red Line: No More Raw Lithium Exports Without Local Processing

President George Elombi says Afreximbank will finance only mine-and-process projects, is racing to scale PAPSS against s...

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OHLA Holds Half-Year Profit at €500,000 as Flaggers Litigation Obscures Operating Gains
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OHLA Holds Half-Year Profit at €500,000 as Flaggers Litigation Obscures Operating Gains

Recurring net profit reached €27.1m against a prior-year loss, while a Supreme Court ruling ended M-12 toll-road claims ...

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Randstad Portugal Names Carla Rebelo as CEO After Adecco Finance Role
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Randstad Portugal Names Carla Rebelo as CEO After Adecco Finance Role

The former Adecco Group CFO returns to lead Randstad Portugal, pledging technology integration and a happier workforce.

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Kushner and Iger to Buy Los Angeles Lakers in Record $12.5 Billion Deal
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Kushner and Iger to Buy Los Angeles Lakers in Record $12.5 Billion Deal

The investor and former Disney CEO agreed to acquire a majority stake from Mark Walter, setting a new high for a U.S. sp...

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The Franchise Model: Low-Capital Growth for Brands, High-Stakes Commitment for Operators
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The Franchise Model: Low-Capital Growth for Brands, High-Stakes Commitment for Operators

Franchising lets chains such as McDonald's and Marriott expand quickly with less capital, while franchisees pay fees and...

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Why Financial Literacy Is Becoming a Core Workplace Benefit
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Why Financial Literacy Is Becoming a Core Workplace Benefit

Financial stress follows employees into work and shows up as presenteeism, absenteeism and turnover. A growing employer ...

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Disney+ to Broadcast Formula E Worldwide as GEN4 Cars Debut in 2026/27
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Disney+ to Broadcast Formula E Worldwide as GEN4 Cars Debut in 2026/27

Disney+ will carry all Formula E races in most international markets and ESPN+ in the US from the 2026/27 season, starti...

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Oak View Group and BIG Digital Bet on Programmable Venue Media
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Oak View Group and BIG Digital Bet on Programmable Venue Media

Oak View Group has named BIG Digital a preferred North American partner for portable fan engagement and sustainable disp...

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Youth Sports Is a $40B Market Still Running on Fragmented, Fee-Heavy Operations
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Youth Sports Is a $40B Market Still Running on Fragmented, Fee-Heavy Operations

A $40B industry growing at nearly 50% in five years is undercut by hidden fees, fragmented platforms and inconsistent ru...

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Supreme Court Mediates Fresh Push to Unlock R$6.6bn Rescue for Banco de Brasília
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Supreme Court Mediates Fresh Push to Unlock R$6.6bn Rescue for Banco de Brasília

A court-led conciliation meeting on 13 August will test whether federal officials, bankers and the DF government can sav...

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Nvidia Loses $130 Billion in Market Value on Reports of a $500 Billion AI Financing Plan
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Nvidia Loses $130 Billion in Market Value on Reports of a $500 Billion AI Financing Plan

Shares fell 2.4% to about $218 on Monday as the Financial Times reported Nvidia is working with Apollo, Blackstone, Blac...

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Revolut Founder's Tesla-Style Pay Plan Could Make Him Britain's Richest Person
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Revolut Founder's Tesla-Style Pay Plan Could Make Him Britain's Richest Person

Nik Storonsky holds nearly 29% of Revolut and a Musk-inspired stock award tied to its $115bn valuation, putting him with...

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Turlov-Controlled Sary-Arka Airport Slashes Loss 72,700-Fold, Yet Liabilities Still Exceed Assets
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Turlov-Controlled Sary-Arka Airport Slashes Loss 72,700-Fold, Yet Liabilities Still Exceed Assets

Sary-Arka cut its first-half net loss from KZT 363.6m to KZT 5,000, boosted by a KZT 501.9m FX gain, but remained in neg...

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French Executive Moves: Kärcher, LaSalle and Insurance Groups Appoint New Leaders
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French Executive Moves: Kärcher, LaSalle and Insurance Groups Appoint New Leaders

Kärcher France appoints Sabrina Pantier as managing director, LaSalle names Alexandre Arhuis-Grumbach president, and Dio...

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Boeing ordered to pay $29m to family of UN engineer killed in Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash
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Boeing ordered to pay $29m to family of UN engineer killed in Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash

A Chicago court ordered Boeing to pay $29m to the family of Michael Ryan, a UN engineer killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Air...

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From a £100 Starter Course to £500,000: Poland's Online Course Boom Rewards Grit, Not Youth
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From a £100 Starter Course to £500,000: Poland's Online Course Boom Rewards Grit, Not Youth

A Polish construction boss who lost everything and ended up in a UK excavator cab built £500,000 in course revenue. He i...

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Banco Millennium Atlântico Debuts In-Line Service Model at Reopened Mutamba Branch
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Banco Millennium Atlântico Debuts In-Line Service Model at Reopened Mutamba Branch

Luanda's Rua Amílcar Cabral branch shifts from transactions to triage, advice and digital integration, with the country'...

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Mozambique's State Drug Company SMM Reports 98.5% Profit Drop, Group Swings to Loss
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Mozambique's State Drug Company SMM Reports 98.5% Profit Drop, Group Swings to Loss

Sociedade Moçambicana de Medicamentos earned only €137,000 in 2025 as exceptional Infarma gains faded and sales nearly h...

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Streaming Ad Impressions Surge While Prices Slide in Q2 2026 TV Earnings
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Streaming Ad Impressions Surge While Prices Slide in Q2 2026 TV Earnings

Disney's entertainment ad business is now majority streaming, but Q2 results from Disney, Paramount, WBD and Roku show a...

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Publishers Plot a Post-Google Playbook as Earnings Reveal Diverging Bets
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Publishers Plot a Post-Google Playbook as Earnings Reveal Diverging Bets

Earnings calls from the NYT, News Corp, People Inc, USA Today Co., Ziff Davis and BuzzFeed show publishers building vide...

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UPI's Rs 20,700 Crore Cost Burden Pushes India Toward Merchant-Only MDR
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UPI's Rs 20,700 Crore Cost Burden Pushes India Toward Merchant-Only MDR

A parliamentary panel says government incentives cover only 11% of UPI industry costs; amended law now permits threshold...

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Campus Activewear Q1 FY27: Revenue Up 12.2%, PAT Up 17.7% on Volume Growth
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Campus Activewear Q1 FY27: Revenue Up 12.2%, PAT Up 17.7% on Volume Growth

Campus Activewear started FY27 with double-digit revenue and profit growth, flat average selling prices and a record Q1 ...

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Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner Buy Lakers at $12.5 Billion Valuation
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Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner Buy Lakers at $12.5 Billion Valuation

The former Disney CEO and Thrive Capital founder take control of the Lakers from Mark Walter less than a year after his ...

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Viant's Proprietary Data Surge Collides With Ad Tech's Fast-Accelerating M&A Wave
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Viant's Proprietary Data Surge Collides With Ad Tech's Fast-Accelerating M&A Wave

Viant’s 34% revenue jump, a wave of $2bn ad tech deals and TIME’s chatbot-influence ad backlash signal the end of neutra...

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Uruguay's Carrasco Yacht Returns as a $2m Lakeside Events Hub
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Uruguay's Carrasco Yacht Returns as a $2m Lakeside Events Hub

The Canelones events brand is rebuilding on a Lake Calcagno public concession, with 30-plus events already booked ahead ...

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Zillow Takes Its Home-Intent Audience Data to Pinterest in First Off-Site Deal
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Zillow Takes Its Home-Intent Audience Data to Pinterest in First Off-Site Deal

Zillow Elevate advertisers can now target 34 housing-behavior segments on Pinterest, with Kohler's pilot reporting highe...

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Nasdaq to Buy Off-Exchange Venue LeveL Markets and Launch Digital Liquidity Networks
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Nasdaq to Buy Off-Exchange Venue LeveL Markets and Launch Digital Liquidity Networks

Nasdaq has agreed to acquire LeveL Markets, operator of the third-largest U.S. ATS by volume, and is forming a new digit...

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