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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

Indian Founders Launch Ventures Across Education, Tech, Wellness, and Hospitality
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Indian Founders Launch Ventures Across Education, Tech, Wellness, and Hospitality

From AI wellness companions to integrated business operating systems and portion-controlled honey, a wave of Indian entr...

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Baly Brasil Surpasses Red Bull in Energy Drinks, Eyes Monster for Market Leadership
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Baly Brasil Surpasses Red Bull in Energy Drinks, Eyes Monster for Market Leadership

With affordable PET-bottle formats and a blitz of flavored zero-sugar drinks, the Brazilian company captured a 27% volum...

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Revolut Secures French Banking Licence, Shifts Western European Hub to Paris
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Revolut Secures French Banking Licence, Shifts Western European Hub to Paris

The fintech will migrate clients from six major Western European markets to a new French entity, moving away from its lo...

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Momentum, Legal Acumen, and Flexibility: What AI Talent Actually Wants
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Momentum, Legal Acumen, and Flexibility: What AI Talent Actually Wants

Analysis of over one million interactions on talent-matching platform CoffeeSpace shows that AI professionals prioritize...

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Westpac Flags Sharp Slowdown in Investor Home Loans After Tax Changes
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Westpac Flags Sharp Slowdown in Investor Home Loans After Tax Changes

Average monthly mortgage applications fell 20% since May, and the bank expects investor loan growth to more than halve t...

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Milky Mist's journey from a 10 kg paneer bag to a Rs 10,000 crore IPO
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Milky Mist's journey from a 10 kg paneer bag to a Rs 10,000 crore IPO

From a 16-year-old's trial-and-error paneer experiment to a Rs 3,145 crore revenue dairy business, Sathish Kumar's Milky...

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Capri Global Capital Eyes Up to $550 Million Fundraise, Hires Citi and Jefferies
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Capri Global Capital Eyes Up to $550 Million Fundraise, Hires Citi and Jefferies

The NBFC plans a mix of primary and secondary share sales to attract a marquee private equity or sovereign wealth fund, ...

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Sony and TSMC Plan $6.4 Billion Japan Chip Fab for Next-Gen Image Sensors
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Sony and TSMC Plan $6.4 Billion Japan Chip Fab for Next-Gen Image Sensors

Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC plan a $6.4 billion chip fab in Japan to produce advanced image sensors for autono...

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Eli Lilly’s Revenue Remains Overwhelmingly Tied to Endocrinology
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Eli Lilly’s Revenue Remains Overwhelmingly Tied to Endocrinology

With 74% of sales coming from endocrinology, the US drugmaking giant’s fortunes hinge on diabetes and obesity therapies....

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Sony and TSMC Plan $6.3 Billion Joint Venture to Produce Next-Gen Image Sensors
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Sony and TSMC Plan $6.3 Billion Joint Venture to Produce Next-Gen Image Sensors

A Nikkei report says Sony and TSMC will invest 1 trillion yen in a joint venture to manufacture advanced image sensor ch...

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Apple Turns to China’s CXMT for Memory Chips Amid AI Shortage, Testing U.S. Export Curbs
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Apple Turns to China’s CXMT for Memory Chips Amid AI Shortage, Testing U.S. Export Curbs

Apple is exploring the use of standard memory chips from Chinese manufacturer CXMT in devices sold in China, a move forc...

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Aryzta Shares Plunge as German Weakness Triggers Strategic Business Review
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Aryzta Shares Plunge as German Weakness Triggers Strategic Business Review

First-half organic sales fell 2.7%, far below the 0.4% decline expected, driven by price-sensitive German consumers and ...

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Allianz Trade Plans to Slash Credit Cover for Vistry Suppliers, Shares Tumble
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Allianz Trade Plans to Slash Credit Cover for Vistry Suppliers, Shares Tumble

Credit insurer Allianz Trade is set to cut trade credit cover for suppliers of UK housebuilder Vistry Group by as much a...

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GameStop's Cohen Weighs Scrapping $56B eBay Bid for Store Partnership
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GameStop's Cohen Weighs Scrapping $56B eBay Bid for Store Partnership

Ryan Cohen is reportedly considering pulling GameStop's unsolicited $56 billion offer for eBay and instead proposing a c...

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Glencore's Radiant World Exposure Tops $500 Million as Vitol, Cargill Also Cut Ties
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Glencore's Radiant World Exposure Tops $500 Million as Vitol, Cargill Also Cut Ties

The London-listed commodity giant Glencore has a financial exposure of $500 million to $800 million to iron ore trader R...

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Guinea Bans Raw Gold Exports, Tightens Local Refining Mandate
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Guinea Bans Raw Gold Exports, Tightens Local Refining Mandate

Guinea's new gold export ban, following its Simandou iron ore breakthrough, signals a tougher resource nationalism stanc...

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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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