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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

Inside the Minnesota Gas-Station Speakeasy That Grossed Almost $5 Million in Its First Year
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Inside the Minnesota Gas-Station Speakeasy That Grossed Almost $5 Million in Its First Year

Tony Donatell turned an empty Lakeville storefront into The Farmer’s Cellar, a Prohibition-style cocktail bar hidden beh...

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J&T Banka Profit Falls 11.4% as IT Costs Outweigh Asset Growth
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J&T Banka Profit Falls 11.4% as IT Costs Outweigh Asset Growth

The private bank reported €150 million in first-half net profit as technology spending and a tough year-ago comparison o...

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Alliant to Acquire AI-Native Benefits Brokerage Nava, Betting on a New Operating Model
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Alliant to Acquire AI-Native Benefits Brokerage Nava, Betting on a New Operating Model

The deal pairs Alliant's national scale and advisory expertise with Nava's HQ platform, which reports resolving 81% of m...

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Stripe Strikes Reported $7 Billion Deal for AI Startup OpenRouter
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Stripe Strikes Reported $7 Billion Deal for AI Startup OpenRouter

Stripe is said to have agreed to buy AI model-routing startup OpenRouter for about $7 billion, a sharp premium to its la...

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Amit Metaliks Targets 800-Day Completion for ₹4,000-Crore Bengal Steel Plant
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Amit Metaliks Targets 800-Day Completion for ₹4,000-Crore Bengal Steel Plant

The company is weighing a faster 800-day timeline for its greenfield integrated steel project in Purulia, and says local...

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Adweek's 12 Campaigns of the Week: Gap, Heinz, Amazon and a Star-Studded Push for Gen Z
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Adweek's 12 Campaigns of the Week: Gap, Heinz, Amazon and a Star-Studded Push for Gen Z

A roundup of 12 campaigns shows brands leaning on creators, celebrities, product stunts and humor to reach younger consu...

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Why France's 500,000 Business Handovers Stall Before Successors Sign On
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Why France's 500,000 Business Handovers Stall Before Successors Sign On

France's succession debate focuses on finding buyers, but a quieter obstacle is emerging: identified heirs walk away bec...

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Mohamed Bouhafsi: TV heavyweight and surprise name for Olympique de Marseille presidency
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Mohamed Bouhafsi: TV heavyweight and surprise name for Olympique de Marseille presidency

The C à vous host and head of 3e Œil Productions has built a rare mix of on-air and production power. A spring rumour no...

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Reinhold Würth: Germany's Richest Man Built a Fastener Empire and a Free Art Museum Network
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Reinhold Würth: Germany's Richest Man Built a Fastener Empire and a Free Art Museum Network

Reinhold Würth, 91, tops Forbes' German rich list with an estimated €42bn, built on screws and bolts. His less-visible l...

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Trump Media Sells $100,000 Early Access to Truth Social Posts Amid Deepening Losses
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Trump Media Sells $100,000 Early Access to Truth Social Posts Amid Deepening Losses

More than 10 firms have signed up for Truth API, a paid feed giving traders early access to Donald Trump's market-moving...

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Peter Thiel's Hedge Fund Takes 1% Stake in Argentina's Vista for $76 Million
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Peter Thiel's Hedge Fund Takes 1% Stake in Argentina's Vista for $76 Million

An SEC filing shows Thiel Macro LLC bought 1.2 million Vista Energy ADSs for about $76 million, linking the tech billion...

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Fair Work Commission Awards €25,000 to Engineer Fired Over 17-Minute Airbus Delay
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Fair Work Commission Awards €25,000 to Engineer Fired Over 17-Minute Airbus Delay

Australia's Fair Work Commission ruled Heston MRO unfairly dismissed a maintenance engineer after a 17-minute Singapore ...

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India's Flex Workspace Operators Shift From Footprint Growth to Revenue per Square Foot
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India's Flex Workspace Operators Shift From Footprint Growth to Revenue per Square Foot

IndiQube, Awfis and WeWork India are layering premium offices, value-added services and digital products onto existing n...

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Sammaan Capital maps path to ₹50,000–92,000 crore annual disbursements by FY29-FY30
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Sammaan Capital maps path to ₹50,000–92,000 crore annual disbursements by FY29-FY30

Backed by IHC capital and recent rating upgrades, Sammaan Capital plans a sharp expansion in branches, staff and retail ...

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JBS Hands Global CEO Role to Wesley Batista Filho in 2027 Family Succession
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JBS Hands Global CEO Role to Wesley Batista Filho in 2027 Family Succession

The world's largest meat company has chosen Wesley Batista Filho, 34, to succeed Gilberto Tomazoni as global CEO in 2027...

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Casas Bahia Reports R$10.1 Billion Loss; Auditor Flags Going-Concern Doubt
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Casas Bahia Reports R$10.1 Billion Loss; Auditor Flags Going-Concern Doubt

EY refused to sign off on Casas Bahia's delayed accounts, citing material uncertainty about its survival. A possible jud...

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Gafisa closes R$223m sale of Hotel Praia Ipanema to Glória Participações
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Gafisa closes R$223m sale of Hotel Praia Ipanema to Glória Participações

The distressed builder exits a prime Ipanema beachfront asset, clearing project liabilities and setting up an ultra-luxu...

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Casas Bahia Reports R$10.1 Billion Loss and Puts Judicial Recovery Back on the Table
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Casas Bahia Reports R$10.1 Billion Loss and Puts Judicial Recovery Back on the Table

Brazilian retailer posts an 18-fold increase in quarterly net loss, closes 298 stores and says formal debt restructuring...

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India Inc Q1 beats early oil-led gloom with 21% revenue growth
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India Inc Q1 beats early oil-led gloom with 21% revenue growth

India Inc's Q1 revenue rose 21% and profit 14%, but oil marketing losses, weak IT and pharma's semaglutide shift hide st...

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Tata Trusts governance dispute clouds Tata Sons AGM and chairman succession
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Tata Trusts governance dispute clouds Tata Sons AGM and chairman succession

A Charity Commissioner order restricting Sir Ratan Tata Trust meetings threatens the quorum for Tata Sons' 108th AGM, pu...

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SATS Seeks Answers Over Changi Wheelchair Pay Claim for 11-Second Lateness
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SATS Seeks Answers Over Changi Wheelchair Pay Claim for 11-Second Lateness

A LinkedIn post says a Changi wheelchair assistant had $5 docked for being 11 seconds late. SATS is asking Aventa Servic...

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Airtel Prepaid Reset Could Lift Monthly ARPU by Rs 4–12, Say Brokerages
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Airtel Prepaid Reset Could Lift Monthly ARPU by Rs 4–12, Say Brokerages

Bharti Airtel has scrapped four prepaid plans, forcing some Rs 299 subscribers toward Rs 349; brokerages see the selecti...

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Wellbeing policies exist but fail in execution for 42% of employees: survey
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Wellbeing policies exist but fail in execution for 42% of employees: survey

A 1,884-employee survey finds formal workplace wellbeing policies often remain on paper, with always-on expectations the...

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Public Sector Banks Meet in Delhi to Map Banking Roadmap for Viksit Bharat
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Public Sector Banks Meet in Delhi to Map Banking Roadmap for Viksit Bharat

A two-day DFS conclave brings together 125 PSB and PFI leaders to tackle deposit mobilisation, credit expansion, rural v...

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IIM Bangalore’s NSRCEL passes $7 billion in startup value as it pivots to AI and sector hubs
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IIM Bangalore’s NSRCEL passes $7 billion in startup value as it pivots to AI and sector hubs

The incubator claims 3,000 startups and 35,000 jobs; its next phase targets one million entrepreneurs through AI learnin...

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Onewo H1 Profit Dips 2.1% as It Exits 139 Residential Projects and Cuts Developer Ties
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Onewo H1 Profit Dips 2.1% as It Exits 139 Residential Projects and Cuts Developer Ties

Revenue rose 5.4% to RMB19.11bn, the interim dividend was set at RMB0.711 a share, and management defended the pruning o...

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Weilong's Growth Slows as Vegetable Snacks Carry the Mix and Marketing Eats Margin
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Weilong's Growth Slows as Vegetable Snacks Carry the Mix and Marketing Eats Margin

Weilong's H1 revenue rose 6.7% and gross margin recovered, but operating profit fell 3.3% as branding spend absorbed gai...

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Denim Brands Swap Single Stars for Multi-Ambassador Casts to Reach Fragmented Gen Z
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Denim Brands Swap Single Stars for Multi-Ambassador Casts to Reach Fragmented Gen Z

Levi's, Gap and American Eagle are spreading their back-to-school budgets across multiple ambassadors as Gen Z fragments...

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Nielsen's $2.15B DoubleVerify Bet Is About Owning What AI Models Measure
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Nielsen's $2.15B DoubleVerify Bet Is About Owning What AI Models Measure

Nielsen is paying a 30% premium for DoubleVerify not for growth, but to control the verification layer that automated ad...

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Survey: 80% of Marketers Cannot Explain Why Campaigns Succeed or Fail
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Survey: 80% of Marketers Cannot Explain Why Campaigns Succeed or Fail

New On Device polling of 254 advertising professionals finds data-rich teams still rely on guesses and delivery metrics ...

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