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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

Apex Partners Founder Ousted as Financial Irregularities Trigger R$975 Million Court Shield
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Apex Partners Founder Ousted as Financial Irregularities Trigger R$975 Million Court Shield

Brazilian investment platform Apex Partners removed its founder and CFO after an internal investigation uncovered financ...

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WhatsApp Mass Bans Wipe Out 10 Years of Messages, Push Small Business Owners to Sue Meta
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WhatsApp Mass Bans Wipe Out 10 Years of Messages, Push Small Business Owners to Sue Meta

A wave of account bans, including some stretching back to June, has cut Brazilian users off from family memories and liv...

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Jorge Messi, the Man Behind Lionel Messi's $1.8 Billion Empire, Dies at 68
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Jorge Messi, the Man Behind Lionel Messi's $1.8 Billion Empire, Dies at 68

Jorge Messi, father and long-time business manager of Lionel Messi, has passed away in Argentina at 68. His death leaves...

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Kazakhstan Moves 40% ERG Stake to Samruk-Kazyna, Raising Budget and Governance Questions
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Kazakhstan Moves 40% ERG Stake to Samruk-Kazyna, Raising Budget and Governance Questions

The Kazakh Ministry of Finance has transferred its 40% stake in mining group ERG to sovereign fund Samruk-Kazyna. Expert...

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Air Astana Shares Edge Up 0.6% on 16% Revenue Jump as Cost Pressures Shrink EBITDAR
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Air Astana Shares Edge Up 0.6% on 16% Revenue Jump as Cost Pressures Shrink EBITDAR

Air Astana reported H1 2026 revenue up 16.1% to $763.9 million, but rising fuel, staff, and currency costs drove adjuste...

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AI Automation Is Erasing Entry-Level Jobs, Threatening Future Talent Pipeline
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AI Automation Is Erasing Entry-Level Jobs, Threatening Future Talent Pipeline

New research shows AI-driven automation is cutting demand for junior roles while raising skill requirements for those th...

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Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million in Damages Over Youth Mental Health Harm in New Mexico
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Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million in Damages Over Youth Mental Health Harm in New Mexico

New Mexico judge enforces jury verdict, adding to mounting legal pressure from over 40 states accusing Meta of prioritiz...

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Equatorial Guinea Opens International Tender for Water and Sanitation System in New Capital
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Equatorial Guinea Opens International Tender for Water and Sanitation System in New Capital

The government of Equatorial Guinea has launched a public tender for a modern drinking water and wastewater treatment sy...

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Tesla and SpaceX to Build World's Largest Chip Plant in Texas with $14.55 Billion Investment
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Tesla and SpaceX to Build World's Largest Chip Plant in Texas with $14.55 Billion Investment

The Terafab facility will produce custom silicon for Optimus robots, robotaxis, and SpaceX’s space data centers, bypassi...

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When Intuition Works—and Why Most Business Leaders Misuse It
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When Intuition Works—and Why Most Business Leaders Misuse It

Research by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman and psychologist Gary Klein reveals two precise conditions needed for gut ins...

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Michal Krištof’s Chybík + Krištof studio to design UK’s largest sports hall as it expands globally
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Michal Krištof’s Chybík + Krištof studio to design UK’s largest sports hall as it expands globally

The Czech-Slovak architecture firm has weathered financial and geopolitical crises to win a landmark project in the UK a...

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Nintendo Nets $300M Tariff Refund, Q1 Profit Jumps 53% Despite Switch 2 Slump
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Nintendo Nets $300M Tariff Refund, Q1 Profit Jumps 53% Despite Switch 2 Slump

A Supreme Court ruling on IEEPA tariffs led to a $300M refund for Nintendo of America, boosting net income by 53% even a...

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Allianz Stock Hovers Near Record High as Earnings Growth and Seasonal Pattern Fuel Bullish Outlook
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Allianz Stock Hovers Near Record High as Earnings Growth and Seasonal Pattern Fuel Bullish Outlook

Shares of Europe's largest insurer trade at €440.70, just below their all-time peak, supported by a decade of strong sea...

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Pearl Global Industries Reports Record Q1 Revenue of INR 1,528 Crore
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Pearl Global Industries Reports Record Q1 Revenue of INR 1,528 Crore

India’s largest listed garment exporter delivered its highest-ever quarterly revenue and EBITDA margin, driven by 20.8 m...

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Framework Discloses Data Breach Affecting All Customer Records After Third-Party Hack
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Framework Discloses Data Breach Affecting All Customer Records After Third-Party Hack

Personal details of all Framework laptop buyers were exposed when attackers exploited a zero-day flaw in analytics platf...

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Colliding risks strain corporate resilience – WEF report urges boards to act
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Colliding risks strain corporate resilience – WEF report urges boards to act

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026 warns that climate stress, geopolitical tensions and AI concentratio...

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Moscow Metro Modernization Fuels Russia's Transport Engineering Industry
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Moscow Metro Modernization Fuels Russia's Transport Engineering Industry

Massive fleet renewal orders from the Russian capital are building a nationwide supply chain and pushing automation, May...

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WPP Stock Stuns With 29% Surge; Versant Preps Pay Products; Cloudflare Launches AEO Capabilities
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WPP Stock Stuns With 29% Surge; Versant Preps Pay Products; Cloudflare Launches AEO Capabilities

Half-year earnings land better than feared for WPP, while spin-out Versant Media bets on direct-to-consumer offerings ov...

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Uruguay Central Bank Pushes Open Finance Law: ‘A Safe Highway for All Cars’
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Uruguay Central Bank Pushes Open Finance Law: ‘A Safe Highway for All Cars’

The draft bill aims to give consumers control of their financial data, spur fintech competition, and introduce regulator...

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Sony Rumored to Revive 2020 WH-1000XM4 Headphones at Lower Price
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Sony Rumored to Revive 2020 WH-1000XM4 Headphones at Lower Price

A reliable leak suggests Sony will reintroduce its acclaimed WH-1000XM4 as the XM4C this September, priced around $250, ...

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Why Companies Are Staying Private Longer — And What It Means for Investors
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Why Companies Are Staying Private Longer — And What It Means for Investors

The median age of U.S. companies at IPO has doubled since the late 1990s, with more firms choosing to remain private lon...

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FRA Approves Live Test for ePassport Digital Identity Project by Lumin Soft and Azimut
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FRA Approves Live Test for ePassport Digital Identity Project by Lumin Soft and Azimut

Egypt’s financial regulator has given Lumin Soft and Azimut the green light for a three-month live trial of a digital id...

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A&F Eyes Hollister China Exit Despite Asia Growth Surge
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A&F Eyes Hollister China Exit Despite Asia Growth Surge

Abercrombie & Fitch is reportedly reviewing strategic options for its Hollister brand in China, a move that comes even a...

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Zhong Ou Fund Marks 20 Years With ‘Super Factory’ Model, Flags Debt-Deleveraging Timeline and Tech Reset
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Zhong Ou Fund Marks 20 Years With ‘Super Factory’ Model, Flags Debt-Deleveraging Timeline and Tech Reset

The Shanghai-based manager unveiled a specialised, industrialised and digitalised investment framework, reporting nearly...

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Achieve Closes $261.5 Million HELOC Securitization, First of 2026
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Achieve Closes $261.5 Million HELOC Securitization, First of 2026

The non-bank lender’s ninth overall deal bundles 3,129 home equity lines with a 65.67% weighted average combined loan-to...

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Ellington Financial Posts $54.4M Profit as Reverse Mortgage Originations Surge 38%
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Ellington Financial Posts $54.4M Profit as Reverse Mortgage Originations Surge 38%

Ellington Financial's Q2 net income hit $54.4M, driven by strong loan credit and a 38% rise in Longbridge reverse mortga...

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Fitch Cuts UWM to B+ as $451.9M Loss and Debt Surge Push Leverage to 6.1x
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Fitch Cuts UWM to B+ as $451.9M Loss and Debt Surge Push Leverage to 6.1x

Fitch downgraded United Wholesale Mortgage to B+ from BB- after a second-quarter net loss of $451.9 million, a $603 mill...

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Schneider Electric’s New Supply Chain Chief on Why Cross-Functional Experience Wins
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Schneider Electric’s New Supply Chain Chief on Why Cross-Functional Experience Wins

Jackie Zhu took over Schneider Electric’s North America supply chain five months ago after deliberately building a caree...

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EY and AHK Paraguay Host Business Briefing on New Data Protection Law
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EY and AHK Paraguay Host Business Briefing on New Data Protection Law

Experts from EY and the Paraguayan-German Chamber mapped out the compliance landscape under the new personal data law, d...

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Mercado Libre Revenue Surges 50%, But Margin Squeeze Sends Shares Down 6%
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Mercado Libre Revenue Surges 50%, But Margin Squeeze Sends Shares Down 6%

Mercado Libre posted its fastest revenue growth in four years, yet an 11% drop in net profit and a plummeting operating ...

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