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Declan Byrne

Corporate Affairs Reporter

1536 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

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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The 'When' Signal: Why Companies Must Read Customer Urgency—Not Just Sentiment
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The 'When' Signal: Why Companies Must Read Customer Urgency—Not Just Sentiment

New research shows that while firms excel at tracking what customers want and how they feel, they often miss cues about ...

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SpaceX Revenue Nearly Doubles on Starlink Surge, AI Investment Passes $15 Billion
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SpaceX Revenue Nearly Doubles on Starlink Surge, AI Investment Passes $15 Billion

In its first quarterly update as a public company, SpaceX posted $7.8 billion in revenue as Starlink hit 12 million user...

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How India’s Government Surprised Markets with a Stealth $3.3 Billion LIC Share Sale
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How India’s Government Surprised Markets with a Stealth $3.3 Billion LIC Share Sale

India’s divestment department shocked the market by doubling the size of its LIC stake sale to $3.3bn. The secretive, fe...

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Kervansaray Holding's Majority Owner in Talks to Sell 62% Stake to Dubai Firm
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Kervansaray Holding's Majority Owner in Talks to Sell 62% Stake to Dubai Firm

Zeynep Tümer, who holds 62% of Kervansaray Yatırım Holding, has initiated negotiations with Dubai-based Oasis Prime to o...

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Analysts See Up to 90% Upside for Micron and Sandisk Amid AI Memory Boom
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Analysts See Up to 90% Upside for Micron and Sandisk Amid AI Memory Boom

Consensus targets imply nearly 90% and 85% gains for Micron and Sandisk, with zero sell ratings, as AI data center deman...

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What Are These 3 European Cloud Hosting Providers Worth?
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What Are These 3 European Cloud Hosting Providers Worth?

Amid US cloud dominance, OVH, IONOS and Sinch offer distinct plays on European digital sovereignty. We compare their bus...

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Wolters Kluwer Shares Slide 1.9%, Deepening 2026 Loss to 20%
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Wolters Kluwer Shares Slide 1.9%, Deepening 2026 Loss to 20%

Wolters Kluwer N.V. shares fell 1.9% on August 5, extending the year-to-date decline to 20.49% as investors weighed the ...

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Promendo Investimentos Seizes Majority Control of GirodMédias Portugal, French Parent Exits
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Promendo Investimentos Seizes Majority Control of GirodMédias Portugal, French Parent Exits

Portuguese holding Promendo Investimentos has bought out the 49% stake held by French parent GirodMédias SAS, becoming t...

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Why Publishers Are Routing Unsold CTV Inventory Toward Nonprofit Advertising
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Why Publishers Are Routing Unsold CTV Inventory Toward Nonprofit Advertising

As connected TV inventory grows, publishers are segmenting impressions by value and exploring nonprofit campaigns as a c...

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Inside the NBA’s $10 Billion Business: How Media Rights and Global Merchandise Drive a Corporate Empire
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Inside the NBA’s $10 Billion Business: How Media Rights and Global Merchandise Drive a Corporate Empire

The National Basketball Association’s nine-year, $24 billion TV deal and a worldwide fan base of over a billion viewers ...

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Exchange Income Corporation Rides Aviation Boom to 30% Revenue Jump in Q1 2026
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Exchange Income Corporation Rides Aviation Boom to 30% Revenue Jump in Q1 2026

Winnipeg-based EIC saw Q1 2026 revenue climb 30% year-on-year to C$866.6 million, driven by aerospace acquisitions and r...

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Trump's $1.4 Billion Crypto Web: Memecoins, Stablecoins and a Presidency-Shaped Rulebook
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Trump's $1.4 Billion Crypto Web: Memecoins, Stablecoins and a Presidency-Shaped Rulebook

A detailed mapping of Donald Trump's crypto ventures reveals over $1.4bn in declared revenue for 2025, built on brand to...

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