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Declan Byrne

Corporate Affairs Reporter

1428 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

Larry Ellison Surpasses Jensen Huang as 7th-Richest Person After Oracle Stock Rally
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Larry Ellison Surpasses Jensen Huang as 7th-Richest Person After Oracle Stock Rally

A 2.7% bump in Oracle shares pushed Larry Ellison's net worth to $192.6 billion, overtaking Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who...

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Unitree IPO oversubscribed 8000-fold as Chinese humanoid robot frenzy peaks
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Unitree IPO oversubscribed 8000-fold as Chinese humanoid robot frenzy peaks

Retail demand for the Shanghai listing of robotics challenger Unitree hit 8000-times the shares on offer, valuing the fi...

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Unitree Tech’s STAR IPO Priced at 150.8 Yuan; 219x P/E and 0.02% Lottery Rate Expected
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Unitree Tech’s STAR IPO Priced at 150.8 Yuan; 219x P/E and 0.02% Lottery Rate Expected

Humanoid-robot pioneer Unitree Technology’s debut on Shanghai’s STAR board is attracting frenzy, with retail lottery odd...

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Nvidia and Wall Street Giants Plan $500 Billion AI Infrastructure Push
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Nvidia and Wall Street Giants Plan $500 Billion AI Infrastructure Push

Nvidia teams up with Goldman Sachs, Apollo, BlackRock, and KKR to raise at least half a trillion dollars for data center...

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Goldman Sachs dissects Argentine banks’ Q2 recovery: Macro gets the buy, BBVA a sell despite highest ROE
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Goldman Sachs dissects Argentine banks’ Q2 recovery: Macro gets the buy, BBVA a sell despite highest ROE

Goldman Sachs sees Argentine banks posting better Q2 profits, but warns the earnings recovery is running ahead of a genu...

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Alexandria Container Handling’s H1 Profit Jumps 18% to EGP 3.8B as Expansion Advances
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Alexandria Container Handling’s H1 Profit Jumps 18% to EGP 3.8B as Expansion Advances

Egypt’s Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company reported a sharp rise in first-half earnings, backed by margin g...

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Japanese Bank Average Salary Rises to ¥6.84 Million; SMBC Tops ¥9 Million for First Time
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Japanese Bank Average Salary Rises to ¥6.84 Million; SMBC Tops ¥9 Million for First Time

Average annual pay at 98 Japanese banks climbed to ¥6.84 million in fiscal 2025, up from ¥6.53 million a year earlier, w...

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Nvidia and Wall Street Titans Forge $500B AI Infrastructure Financing Pact
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Nvidia and Wall Street Titans Forge $500B AI Infrastructure Financing Pact

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang rallied Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR into a consortium aimi...

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Hitachi air365 Max VRF Claims 90% Cooling Capacity at 46°C as Gulf Buildings Brace for Summer Peak
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Hitachi air365 Max VRF Claims 90% Cooling Capacity at 46°C as Gulf Buildings Brace for Summer Peak

Bosch Home Comfort Group says real summer performance beats rated capacity, pointing to Hitachi's new VRF system with hi...

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Chile Supreme Court Overturns CMF’s Closure of Sartor Fund Manager Over Due Process Violation
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Chile Supreme Court Overturns CMF’s Closure of Sartor Fund Manager Over Due Process Violation

The top court ruled the regulator illegally revoked Sartor AGF’s existence without a formal sanction proceeding, reinsta...

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MSC Shipmanagement Fined $6 Million, Chief Engineer Sentenced After Near-Catastrophic Charleston Bridge Scare
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MSC Shipmanagement Fined $6 Million, Chief Engineer Sentenced After Near-Catastrophic Charleston Bridge Scare

The vessel operator and its chief engineer were sentenced for concealing a dangerous engine fault that caused a runaway ...

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A Look at Pepper Money: ASX Non-Bank Lender with Dividend Yield and Steady Returns
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A Look at Pepper Money: ASX Non-Bank Lender with Dividend Yield and Steady Returns

Pepper Money Limited (PPM.AX) operates across mortgages, asset finance and loan servicing. With a forward dividend yield...

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Meta Plans to Sell AI Compute to Rivals Amid Investor Pressure
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Meta Plans to Sell AI Compute to Rivals Amid Investor Pressure

Under pressure to justify its $145B annual AI spending, Meta is pivoting to offer computing power directly to other AI f...

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While Palantir’s Business Booms, CEO and Insiders Cash Out More Than $400M in Stock
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While Palantir’s Business Booms, CEO and Insiders Cash Out More Than $400M in Stock

Palantir’s revenue growth has accelerated to over 80% this year, lifting margins to software-like levels. Yet CEO Alex K...

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Daimler Truck Warns of €1 Billion EU Fine Over 2030 Emissions Targets
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Daimler Truck Warns of €1 Billion EU Fine Over 2030 Emissions Targets

CEO Karin Rådström says the truckmaker could fall 10–15% short of CO2 goals due to weak demand and missing infrastructur...

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Technos Posts Highest Quarterly Watch Sales in a Decade, Profit Jumps 254%
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Technos Posts Highest Quarterly Watch Sales in a Decade, Profit Jumps 254%

Brazilian watchmaker Technos sold 679,000 units in Q2, its best quarter since 2017, as a brand turnaround and social med...

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Yushu Technology Opens A-Share IPO as Humanoid Robot Leader, Offering Rare Exposure with 0.02% Lottery Odds
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Yushu Technology Opens A-Share IPO as Humanoid Robot Leader, Offering Rare Exposure with 0.02% Lottery Odds

The STAR board debut, priced at 150.8 yuan, values Unitree's maker at 61B yuan. Yet a 219× P/E and slowing growth test t...

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SF Intra-City Flags Over 120% Profit Surge as Instant Delivery Payoff Accelerates
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SF Intra-City Flags Over 120% Profit Surge as Instant Delivery Payoff Accelerates

SF Intra-City sees H1 2026 net profit jump at least 120% to RMB 301 million, surpassing full-year 2025 earnings, as its ...

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JBS Hands Global CEO Role to Heir Wesley Batista Filho, Family Returns After 8 Years
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JBS Hands Global CEO Role to Heir Wesley Batista Filho, Family Returns After 8 Years

The world’s largest meatpacker will be led by a third-generation Batista from January, marking the family’s return to th...

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Paytm Jumps 8% as Bernstein Sets ₹2,200 Target – First Above IPO Price on UPI MDR Bet
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Paytm Jumps 8% as Bernstein Sets ₹2,200 Target – First Above IPO Price on UPI MDR Bet

Bernstein's 'Outperform' rating and ₹2,200 target, driven by expectations of MDR on UPI transactions, propelled Paytm sh...

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Woge Optical Jumps 46% as Controlling Shareholder Fined; Company Warns of Sharp Correction
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Woge Optical Jumps 46% as Controlling Shareholder Fined; Company Warns of Sharp Correction

Woge Optical's shares surged 46% in four days despite a widening loss forecast and a fine on its controlling shareholder...

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Spider-Man: New Day Nears $2 Billion Box Office Milestone; Nolan’s Odyssey Hits $1 Billion
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Spider-Man: New Day Nears $2 Billion Box Office Milestone; Nolan’s Odyssey Hits $1 Billion

The latest Spider-Man installment earned $1.67 billion globally in two weekends, putting it within reach of the exclusiv...

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euShipments.com Buys Slovak Fulfillment Operator in Pan-European Push
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euShipments.com Buys Slovak Fulfillment Operator in Pan-European Push

Bulgarian logistics group euShipments.com acquires 100% of Slovakia's FHB Group, adding €23M turnover, automated facilit...

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Shein's U.S. Sales Drop 14% as Tariff Break Ends, Profit Slumps 39%
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Shein's U.S. Sales Drop 14% as Tariff Break Ends, Profit Slumps 39%

Once reliant on duty-free imports for ultra-cheap fashion, Shein raised U.S. prices after de minimis removal—now sales a...

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Feia and Momsanity Expand Access to Women's Health from Bulgaria to Europe
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Feia and Momsanity Expand Access to Women's Health from Bulgaria to Europe

Feia, a Bulgarian pregnancy tracking app, has grown into a multi-module women's health platform with international reach...

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Always Discreet Taps NFL Fandom in Largest-Ever Campaign to Normalize Bladder Leaks
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Always Discreet Taps NFL Fandom in Largest-Ever Campaign to Normalize Bladder Leaks

P&G’s incontinence brand launches ‘Protect the Moment’ with mothers of NFL stars, aiming to reach the 60% of women who e...

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Stanley 1913 Appoints Born Social as First Global Social Agency of Record
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Stanley 1913 Appoints Born Social as First Global Social Agency of Record

The drinkware brand picks Born Social to lead worldwide social strategy and content production after a competitive pitch...

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Google Launches AI-Powered Dashboards and Agentic Tools for Advertisers
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Google Launches AI-Powered Dashboards and Agentic Tools for Advertisers

Google is rolling out AI dashboards, benchmarking, and agentic capabilities across Ads and Analytics, letting marketers ...

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Mapei’s Green Construction Boom Clouded by EU Price-Fixing Probe
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Mapei’s Green Construction Boom Clouded by EU Price-Fixing Probe

Family-run Mapei has built a €4.4bn construction chemicals empire on sustainability trends, but an EU antitrust investig...

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Jay Shetty's $100 Million Spotify-Netflix Deal and His Global Media Ambitions
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Jay Shetty's $100 Million Spotify-Netflix Deal and His Global Media Ambitions

Former monk turned media mogul Jay Shetty inks a $100 million deal with Spotify and Netflix, expanding his podcast and H...

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