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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

Intel Launches $15 Billion Share Sale to Fund Foundry Push, Capitalizing on Stock Rebound
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Intel Launches $15 Billion Share Sale to Fund Foundry Push, Capitalizing on Stock Rebound

Intel announces a $15bn equity offering to finance its contract chip manufacturing expansion, leveraging a stock price r...

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Circle Enlists BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard to Validate Its Arc Blockchain
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Circle Enlists BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard to Validate Its Arc Blockchain

Circle turned a quarterly profit but remains heavily reliant on interest income. Its Arc blockchain, launching September...

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Richemont shares near CHF200 as jewellery unit anchors steady valuation
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Richemont shares near CHF200 as jewellery unit anchors steady valuation

Shares of Compagnie Financière Richemont rose 2.1% to CHF199.60 on 10 August, lifting the luxury group's market capitali...

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Aryzta Slides as German Weakness Prompts Strategic Review, Guidance Trimmed
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Aryzta Slides as German Weakness Prompts Strategic Review, Guidance Trimmed

First-half revenue and earnings missed expectations at the Swiss-Irish bakery group as price-sensitive German consumers ...

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Allianz Trade to Cut Supplier Credit Cover for Vistry Group by Up to 70%
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Allianz Trade to Cut Supplier Credit Cover for Vistry Group by Up to 70%

Allianz Trade is set to reduce insurance coverage for suppliers of housebuilder Vistry by as much as 70%, the FT reports...

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Innate Pharma Stock Jumps Over 15% on No Apparent News as Volume Explodes
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Innate Pharma Stock Jumps Over 15% on No Apparent News as Volume Explodes

Shares of French immuno-oncology biotech Innate Pharma surged by more than 15% on Monday, accompanied by a massive spike...

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Bank of Georgia’s ‘Small Business Chain’ Links Tbilisi Shops in a Coupon Trail
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Bank of Georgia’s ‘Small Business Chain’ Links Tbilisi Shops in a Coupon Trail

The initiative connects local businesses like MOB Burgers and Sio Print through a physical coupon route, aiming to boost...

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Online Gambling’s $50bn Boom: Regulation, Tech, and the Investment Landscape
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Online Gambling’s $50bn Boom: Regulation, Tech, and the Investment Landscape

Once shackled by religious prohibition, online gambling has grown into a $50bn-plus market. A wave of new legalizations—...

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Portuguese Box Office Surges 21% in July, Led by Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'
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Portuguese Box Office Surges 21% in July, Led by Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'

Cinema ticket revenue hit €8.9 million as blockbusters drew 1.24 million spectators. Year-to-date revenue rose 8.5% desp...

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Meta Hit with Additional $567 Million Penalty in New Mexico Child Safety Case
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Meta Hit with Additional $567 Million Penalty in New Mexico Child Safety Case

A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million for failing to warn about platform dangers to minors, raising total ...

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From a Butcher Shop to the White House: How the Batista Brothers Rebuilt JBS After Scandal
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From a Butcher Shop to the White House: How the Batista Brothers Rebuilt JBS After Scandal

Arrested in Brazil's biggest corruption case, the Batista brothers — founders of meat giant JBS — are now richer than ev...

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Neurones Raises Revenue Target to Above €900m as IT Services Recovery Gains Pace
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Neurones Raises Revenue Target to Above €900m as IT Services Recovery Gains Pace

The French IT consultancy lifts its full-year sales guidance after organic growth accelerated to 8% in Q2. The upgrade w...

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KMF Bank Seeks International Investor as Foundation Moves to Minority Role
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KMF Bank Seeks International Investor as Foundation Moves to Minority Role

KMF Bank, Kazakhstan’s leading microfinance lender turned full bank, is in talks to bring in a strategic foreign investo...

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Bry-sur-Marne Film Studios to Double Capacity in €100M Expansion After Axa Rescue
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Bry-sur-Marne Film Studios to Double Capacity in €100M Expansion After Axa Rescue

Historic French studios embark on a six-soundstage buildout aiming to host blockbuster films and series, with on-site em...

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Trenitalia Orders €2 Billion in Hitachi Trains to Take On Eurostar on Paris-London Route
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Trenitalia Orders €2 Billion in Hitachi Trains to Take On Eurostar on Paris-London Route

The Italian state rail group’s French unit is ordering 19 Frecciarossa 1000 trains, backed by US investor Certares, as i...

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SoftBank’s $64bn OpenAI bet turns the Japanese giant into a tech roulette
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SoftBank’s $64bn OpenAI bet turns the Japanese giant into a tech roulette

Masayoshi Son has placed the biggest wager in his four-decade career: $64 billion for a 13% stake in OpenAI. As SoftBank...

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Deutsche Bank downgrades Amundi to 'Hold' after 50% surge in one year
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Deutsche Bank downgrades Amundi to 'Hold' after 50% surge in one year

Deutsche Bank cut Europe's largest asset manager to Hold after a 55% rally, saying the stock now trades in line with pee...

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Rio Tinto Profit Jumps 43% on Data Centre-Fuelled Copper, Aluminium Boom
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Rio Tinto Profit Jumps 43% on Data Centre-Fuelled Copper, Aluminium Boom

Half-year profit hits $6.85bn, driven by surging copper and aluminum demand from hyperscale data centres, while iron ore...

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EU Regulators Target AI Pricing Algorithms, With Serbian Law Adding Criminal Penalties
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EU Regulators Target AI Pricing Algorithms, With Serbian Law Adding Criminal Penalties

From a UK hotel-chain probe to jail terms for executives in Serbia, the legal net around algorithmic pricing is tighteni...

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From Mailroom to CEO: Todd Krinsky’s Plan to Revive Reebok After the Adidas Years
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From Mailroom to CEO: Todd Krinsky’s Plan to Revive Reebok After the Adidas Years

Reebok’s new CEO spent 30 years inside the brand, watching it fade under Adidas. Now, with a five-year strategy built on...

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Xuan Thien Group Plans Angola Expansion Into Agriculture and Oil
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Xuan Thien Group Plans Angola Expansion Into Agriculture and Oil

Vietnamese conglomerate Xuan Thien Group presented new investment plans in agriculture, mining, energy, and oil to Angol...

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How an Interior Design Creator Tripled Revenue by Pivoting to Party Hosting Content
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How an Interior Design Creator Tripled Revenue by Pivoting to Party Hosting Content

Julie Sousa built a following on DIY interior design, but under management, she shifted to tablescapes and sports hostin...

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How Georgia-Pacific Cut Its Ad-Tech Stack to the Bone and Saved Millions
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How Georgia-Pacific Cut Its Ad-Tech Stack to the Bone and Saved Millions

The consumer goods giant consolidated over 30 supply-side platforms to a handful, using pre-bid screening to slash CPMs ...

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Berkshire’s Abel puts capital to work: buybacks surge, 14-quarter stock-selling streak ends
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Berkshire’s Abel puts capital to work: buybacks surge, 14-quarter stock-selling streak ends

Berkshire Hathaway repurchased $7.8bn of its own stock in Q2 and July and became a net buyer of equities for the first t...

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Berkshire Hathaway Q2 Net Income Surges 107% to $25.7 Billion on Investment Gains
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Berkshire Hathaway Q2 Net Income Surges 107% to $25.7 Billion on Investment Gains

Total revenues climbed to $101.8 billion while net income more than doubled, likely driven by a rally in the conglomerat...

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Petrobras H1 Net Profit Soars 55% to $16.6B on Soaring Oil Prices and Record Output
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Petrobras H1 Net Profit Soars 55% to $16.6B on Soaring Oil Prices and Record Output

Petrobras reported a 55.3% jump in first-half net profit to $16.6 billion, driven by a 29% rise in Brent prices and reco...

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UK Clears $110B Paramount-WBD Deal, Delayed to 2027 Amid Antitrust Suit
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UK Clears $110B Paramount-WBD Deal, Delayed to 2027 Amid Antitrust Suit

The UK's competition watchdog and culture secretary have waved through the $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Disc...

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Circular Economy Surges from Niche to Mainstream as Resource Pressures Mount
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Circular Economy Surges from Niche to Mainstream as Resource Pressures Mount

Companies specialising in reuse, repair and recycling are poised to benefit as raw material constraints and waste crises...

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Sellers Seek Tax Relief After Drone Attacks Hit Wildberries Hubs
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Sellers Seek Tax Relief After Drone Attacks Hit Wildberries Hubs

E-commerce vendors hit by drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses ask for deferrals on taxes and social contributions. M...

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Marketing Is Finally Learning Before Spending: The AI Shift from Volume to Simulation
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Marketing Is Finally Learning Before Spending: The AI Shift from Volume to Simulation

For decades, marketing has learned by spending first and analyzing later. Now, advances in AI simulation—as demonstrated...

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