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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

UP Unveils 200% Incentive Package to Attract Rs 1,000 Crore Anchor PLA Plant in Lakhimpur Kheri
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UP Unveils 200% Incentive Package to Attract Rs 1,000 Crore Anchor PLA Plant in Lakhimpur Kheri

Uttar Pradesh's new bioplastics policy offers a giant incentive package to lure a single large polylactic acid manufactu...

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SanDisk's Guidance Miss Erases Gains, Sends Storage Chip Stocks Tumbling in After-Hours Trade
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SanDisk's Guidance Miss Erases Gains, Sends Storage Chip Stocks Tumbling in After-Hours Trade

SanDisk's fiscal Q4 revenue soared 372% on booming AI server demand, but a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast for Q1 ...

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Spider-Man: New Day Passes $1 Billion in Six Days, Sets Domestic Opening Record
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Spider-Man: New Day Passes $1 Billion in Six Days, Sets Domestic Opening Record

Marvel's latest blockbuster becomes the second fastest film to reach $1 billion globally, shattering the all-time domest...

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Palantir Shares Surge 30%, Adding $3.1 Billion to CEO Alex Karp’s Net Worth
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Palantir Shares Surge 30%, Adding $3.1 Billion to CEO Alex Karp’s Net Worth

A blockbuster earnings report sent Palantir stock soaring, lifting CEO Alex Karp’s fortune by $3.1 billion in a single d...

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SpaceX Revenue Nearly Doubles in First Public Quarter as Starlink Funds AI Expansion
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SpaceX Revenue Nearly Doubles in First Public Quarter as Starlink Funds AI Expansion

Starlink satellite internet now generates over half of SpaceX's $7.8 billion quarterly revenue, while massive capex of $...

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Eli Lilly's GLP-1 Juggernaut Powers 48% Revenue Jump, Eyes Next Obesity Blockbuster
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Eli Lilly's GLP-1 Juggernaut Powers 48% Revenue Jump, Eyes Next Obesity Blockbuster

Quarterly sales topped $23 billion as Mounjaro and Zepbound dominate the obesity drug market. With a new oral pill and a...

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Record 'Spider-Man' Opening Gives Theaters a Jolt, but AMC Shares Barely Budge
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Record 'Spider-Man' Opening Gives Theaters a Jolt, but AMC Shares Barely Budge

"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" shattered domestic records with a $360M debut, lifting Cinemark and Imax shares while AMC la...

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Czech Football's Renaissance Hinges on Billionaire Club Owners
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Czech Football's Renaissance Hinges on Billionaire Club Owners

After a dismal World Cup showing, the revival of Czech football rests with the country’s richest citizens, who own key c...

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Snap’s CBO Sees AR and Private Messaging as the Path Beyond the Smartphone
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Snap’s CBO Sees AR and Private Messaging as the Path Beyond the Smartphone

Ajit Mohan, Snap’s chief business officer, outlines a strategy to pivot from public feeds to private messaging, AR weara...

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The Planning Off-Site Trap That Buries Marketing—and How to Fix It
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The Planning Off-Site Trap That Buries Marketing—and How to Fix It

Annual leadership retreats reliably churn out too many initiatives that overwhelm teams, especially marketing. The cure ...

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Riachuelo's Record Q2 Profit Masks Slower Sales, Margin Gains Shine
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Riachuelo's Record Q2 Profit Masks Slower Sales, Margin Gains Shine

Brazilian apparel retailer Riachuelo posted a record second-quarter net profit of R$168 million, up 36.2% year-on-year, ...

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Apple Opens Employee Lottery for September Launch Under New CEO Ternus
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Apple Opens Employee Lottery for September Launch Under New CEO Ternus

Apple is holding a lottery among U.S. store employees to staff its September product launch—the first under new CEO John...

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SpaceX Goes All-In on Nvidia GPUs, Ditching Multi-Supplier Strategy
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SpaceX Goes All-In on Nvidia GPUs, Ditching Multi-Supplier Strategy

Elon Musk commits SpaceX to using only Nvidia GPUs, citing Vera Rubin's architecture, just as the company's first public...

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InPost Ends Polish Football Sponsorship, Logo to Disappear from National Team Kits
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InPost Ends Polish Football Sponsorship, Logo to Disappear from National Team Kits

Logistics giant InPost will not renew its sponsorship of Poland’s football association, ending a three-year deal that pl...

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Poland Plans 4pp CIT Hike on Family Foundations and a 3-Year Asset Lock-up
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Poland Plans 4pp CIT Hike on Family Foundations and a 3-Year Asset Lock-up

The Polish finance ministry is taking another run at tightening tax rules for family foundations, proposing to raise the...

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Bed Bath & Beyond Rebrands as Neighborhood Intelligence, Moves HQ to Nashville and Reports Mixed Q2
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Bed Bath & Beyond Rebrands as Neighborhood Intelligence, Moves HQ to Nashville and Reports Mixed Q2

The former home goods retailer will trade as NXH on Nasdaq from August 17, relocates its headquarters to Tennessee, and ...

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Texachem Solutions Targets Bangladesh Textile Mills with Efficiency-Driven Chemical Offerings
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Texachem Solutions Targets Bangladesh Textile Mills with Efficiency-Driven Chemical Offerings

Pakistani chemical firm Texachem Solutions aims to enter Bangladesh’s textile market with formulations that promise lowe...

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Global Textile Machinery Investment Plunges in 2025, But China Still Drives Capacity
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Global Textile Machinery Investment Plunges in 2025, But China Still Drives Capacity

ITMF data shows worldwide machinery shipments fell sharply last year, with China alone absorbing over 90% of filament te...

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Disney and TikTok Partner on IP-Sharing Deal to Supercharge Fan-Made Content
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Disney and TikTok Partner on IP-Sharing Deal to Supercharge Fan-Made Content

Disney grants TikTok creators access to Marvel, Star Wars, and other franchises for vertical video content that will als...

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Bank of America spends over $250 million on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs for its 210,000 employees
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Bank of America spends over $250 million on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs for its 210,000 employees

CEO Brian Moynihan says the investment is “the right thing to do” even if some employees leave before seeing full health...

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Palantir's Stock Jumps 30% on 'Otherworldly' Q2 Revenue, Pushing CEO Alex Karp Up 67 Billionaire Ranks
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Palantir's Stock Jumps 30% on 'Otherworldly' Q2 Revenue, Pushing CEO Alex Karp Up 67 Billionaire Ranks

Palantir's commercial revenue surged 149% as Q2 sales and earnings blew past estimates, erasing year-to-date losses and ...

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Infantino Summons FIFA Crisis Summit as $20bn World Cup Sell-Off Threatens His Presidency
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Infantino Summons FIFA Crisis Summit as $20bn World Cup Sell-Off Threatens His Presidency

Gianni Infantino gathered FIFA's top officials in Morocco after a plan to hand commercial rights to a new company — with...

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Google Overhauls AI Leadership: Hassabis Shifts to Research, Dean Exits as Shares Fall
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Google Overhauls AI Leadership: Hassabis Shifts to Research, Dean Exits as Shares Fall

Demis Hassabis gives up the DeepMind CEO role to become Alphabet's chief scientist, while Jeff Dean leaves to start an i...

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Four New McKinsey Senior Partners on How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of the Top Job
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Four New McKinsey Senior Partners on How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of the Top Job

A quartet of newly elected senior partners and distinguished partners detail the promotion process, their career philoso...

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Bharti Airtel Q1 profit jumps 37% to ₹8,167 crore on strong India and Africa growth
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Bharti Airtel Q1 profit jumps 37% to ₹8,167 crore on strong India and Africa growth

Revenue climbs 18.4% to ₹58,539 crore as ARPU hits ₹264. The operator added 14.9 million customers and deepened its prem...

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Why individual leadership coaching fails to fix broken executive teams
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Why individual leadership coaching fails to fix broken executive teams

Despite billions spent on executive development, slow decisions and silos persist because the real deficit is leadership...

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Karos Pitches Corporate Carpooling Model on BFM Business's French Tech Segment
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Karos Pitches Corporate Carpooling Model on BFM Business's French Tech Segment

French startup Karos outlined its business-to-business platform for daily home-to-work carpooling during an appearance o...

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Disney Q3 Earnings: Streaming Profit Soars, But ESPN and International Parks Disappoint
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Disney Q3 Earnings: Streaming Profit Soars, But ESPN and International Parks Disappoint

Revenue rose 7% to $25.2 billion and adjusted EPS climbed 28%, driven by a 15% jump in Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions. H...

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Booking Holdings Q2 Profit Doubles on Debt Revaluation; Underlying Growth 8%
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Booking Holdings Q2 Profit Doubles on Debt Revaluation; Underlying Growth 8%

Net income hit $1.95B due to a euro debt revaluation, but adjusted earnings rose 8% on 8% higher revenue. Booking raised...

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SpaceX's AI Capex Surge Dents Growth Enthusiasm, Stock Slides Despite 92% Revenue Jump
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SpaceX's AI Capex Surge Dents Growth Enthusiasm, Stock Slides Despite 92% Revenue Jump

SpaceX posted a 92% revenue gain in Q2 but a massive $18.4B in capex, mostly on AI, spooked investors and sent shares do...

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