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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

Perimeter Solutions: The $1.3bn Fire Retardant Bet and the Founder Bill Coming Due
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Perimeter Solutions: The $1.3bn Fire Retardant Bet and the Founder Bill Coming Due

Sole-supplier contracts with US authorities and a near-monopoly in aerial retardant have sent Perimeter Solutions' reven...

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Thales acquires French drone-maker Exail for €3.9 billion after Safran bid rejected
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Thales acquires French drone-maker Exail for €3.9 billion after Safran bid rejected

Defence giant Thales strikes a last-minute deal to buy underwater-drone and navigation specialist Exail, strengthening i...

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SpaceX Earnings Beat Fades as $18.4B Quarterly Investment Triggers Stock Slide
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SpaceX Earnings Beat Fades as $18.4B Quarterly Investment Triggers Stock Slide

SpaceX’s maiden quarterly report showed 92% revenue growth and a narrower loss, but a $18.4 billion quarterly investment...

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Waymo’s Zeekr Imports Top 3,200 Despite 127.5% US Tariffs
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Waymo’s Zeekr Imports Top 3,200 Despite 127.5% US Tariffs

Customs data shows Alphabet’s Waymo has imported thousands of Chinese-built Zeekr vans, far exceeding market expectation...

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SpaceX's First Post-IPO Earnings Call Arrives With Shares 50% Off Their Peak
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SpaceX's First Post-IPO Earnings Call Arrives With Shares 50% Off Their Peak

SpaceX reports its first quarter as a public company with the stock at $114.46 — below the IPO price — as a lock-up expi...

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Freedom Ship: A €13.9bn Floating City for 80,000 People Gets a Designer
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Freedom Ship: A €13.9bn Floating City for 80,000 People Gets a Designer

US firm Freedom Cruise Line International has named a designer for a nuclear-powered 'city at sea' too large for any por...

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Aéropostale's Creator-Led 'The Intern Diaries' Shows How Brands Are Making Entertainment
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Aéropostale's Creator-Led 'The Intern Diaries' Shows How Brands Are Making Entertainment

Aéropostale's six-episode 'The Intern Diaries' season two blended YouTube retention and TikTok engagement, linked a Deja...

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Airstream Marks 20 Years in Europe With Fully Loaded 534 Anniversary Edition
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Airstream Marks 20 Years in Europe With Fully Loaded 534 Anniversary Edition

Airstream celebrates two decades in Europe with a limited 534 '20 Years Europe Edition' that bundles €13,375 of extras i...

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Acciona's Franco Family Branch Sells 3% Stake After Pact Expiry
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Acciona's Franco Family Branch Sells 3% Stake After Pact Expiry

The Entrecanales Franco branch sold 3% of Acciona for about €359m after the family pact lapsed, leaving the two controll...

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diadikasia Names Aristodimos Thomopoulos as CEO in Internal Succession
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diadikasia Names Aristodimos Thomopoulos as CEO in Internal Succession

Long-time diadikasia executive Aristodimos Thomopoulos takes over as CEO, capping a 25-year rise through the Greek consu...

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Shiseido Japan's 130 AI Ambassadors Took Gemini Adoption Past 80% — Now Comes the Hard Part
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Shiseido Japan's 130 AI Ambassadors Took Gemini Adoption Past 80% — Now Comes the Hard Part

Shiseido Japan used 130 employee 'AI ambassadors' to embed generative AI across 40 departments. Adoption is high, but ad...

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Nestlé Returns to Growth as Turnaround Takes Hold: Q2 2026 Results
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Nestlé Returns to Growth as Turnaround Takes Hold: Q2 2026 Results

Nestlé's organic growth rose to 3.7% in Q2 2026, led by emerging markets and stronger real internal growth, as CEO Phili...

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AI Strategy Can Destroy Startup Exit Value, M&A Adviser Warns
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AI Strategy Can Destroy Startup Exit Value, M&A Adviser Warns

Strategic adviser Itay Sagie argues that rushed AI adoption can read as vendor dependency and integration risk to acquir...

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Carboxymethyl Cellulose Market Seen Reaching USD 5.04 Billion by 2030 on Processed Food and Pharma Demand
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Carboxymethyl Cellulose Market Seen Reaching USD 5.04 Billion by 2030 on Processed Food and Pharma Demand

The global carboxymethyl cellulose market is forecast to grow from USD 3.28 billion in 2025 to USD 5.04 billion by 2030,...

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Shopify Says AI Search Tripled Store Traffic — Traditional Search Still Growing
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Shopify Says AI Search Tripled Store Traffic — Traditional Search Still Growing

Shopify credits its Q2 earnings beat partly to AI agents, which tripled AI-referred traffic and orders year over year — ...

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SpaceX's AI Spending Spree Drags Its Shares While Nvidia Gains
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SpaceX's AI Spending Spree Drags Its Shares While Nvidia Gains

SpaceX beat Q2 estimates but its $18.4B capex sent shares down 7%; Nvidia rose as Musk made it the exclusive AI chip par...

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McDonald's Replaces US Chief After Weak Quarter Blamed on Chaotic Promotions
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McDonald's Replaces US Chief After Weak Quarter Blamed on Chaotic Promotions

McDonald's ousted Joe Erlinger as US chief after same-store sales growth of 0.8% missed forecasts, blaming poor executio...

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Novo Nordisk's Wegovy Pill Heads to Germany as Shares Slip on Pipeline Setback
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Novo Nordisk's Wegovy Pill Heads to Germany as Shares Slip on Pipeline Setback

Oral Wegovy is coming to Germany, but a CagriSema trial setback and modest pill sales tempered Novo Nordisk's guidance r...

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Paramount Skydance defends Warner Bros. Discovery merger as lawsuits mount
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Paramount Skydance defends Warner Bros. Discovery merger as lawsuits mount

CEO David Ellison says the Warner Bros. Discovery deal will close as planned, but the WGA, a shareholder and 12 state AG...

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Uruguayan Grill Charrúa Sells Out Madrid Tables Weeks Ahead; Casa Charrúa and Lisbon Next
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Uruguayan Grill Charrúa Sells Out Madrid Tables Weeks Ahead; Casa Charrúa and Lisbon Next

Madrid's Charrúa serves about 300 covers a day and books out six weeks ahead. Founders Juanvelz and Marchal are opening ...

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Aidan Tanner on How 'Second Life' Social Media Marketing Extends Hollywood Films
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Aidan Tanner on How 'Second Life' Social Media Marketing Extends Hollywood Films

The creator behind social campaigns for 'The Odyssey' and 'Stranger Things' explains why a film's online afterlife is no...

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Dassault Systèmes to Buy Life Sciences Software Firm ArisGlobal for $1.8B
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Dassault Systèmes to Buy Life Sciences Software Firm ArisGlobal for $1.8B

The French software group is acquiring AI-native compliance platform provider ArisGlobal for about $1.8 billion in cash,...

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Deltha Pharma's Comeback: From Frozen Accounts and Lawsuits to 30% Annual Growth
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Deltha Pharma's Comeback: From Frozen Accounts and Lawsuits to 30% Annual Growth

Deltha Pharma CEO Maria Francesca Aceti explains how the Italian health group rebuilt after near-collapse, expanded abro...

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SAP's CEO Says AI Race Leaves No Time to Wait: 'They All Want to Beat Us'
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SAP's CEO Says AI Race Leaves No Time to Wait: 'They All Want to Beat Us'

Christian Klein says SAP must prove it can deliver AI that understands business processes — or risk losing to faster US ...

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Allianz Buys UOB Asset Management for €376 Million in Fresh Singapore Push
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Allianz Buys UOB Asset Management for €376 Million in Fresh Singapore Push

Allianz's fund arm is buying Singapore's UOB Asset Management, doubling its local business weeks after the insurer agree...

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Dassault Heirs Take the Boardroom: Fourth Generation Steps Up at €58bn Family Holding
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Dassault Heirs Take the Boardroom: Fourth Generation Steps Up at €58bn Family Holding

Marcel Dassault's 13 great-grandchildren are moving into the supervisory board of the family's €58bn holding, with Hélén...

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Banco de Bogotá Completes Itaú Client Migration as Users Report App Failures
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Banco de Bogotá Completes Itaú Client Migration as Users Report App Failures

Banco de Bogotá says all personal-banking clients from Itaú Colombia are now on its platform, but customers complain of ...

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Beyond the Box Office: The US$389.8 Billion Licensing Economy Behind Star Wars, Barbie and Marvel
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Beyond the Box Office: The US$389.8 Billion Licensing Economy Behind Star Wars, Barbie and Marvel

Global licensing hit US$389.8 billion in 2025, as franchises such as Star Wars, Marvel and Barbie now earn most revenue ...

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Lufthansa's Q2 Profit Collapses 56% as Iran War Fuel Costs and Strikes Bite
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Lufthansa's Q2 Profit Collapses 56% as Iran War Fuel Costs and Strikes Bite

Higher jet-fuel costs from the Iran war and crew strikes cut Lufthansa's adjusted operating profit 56% to €383m in Q2; f...

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Why Work Context, Not Talent Alone, Decides Performance
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Why Work Context, Not Talent Alone, Decides Performance

Brazilian HR commentator Sofia Esteves argues companies stop managing talent the moment they hire it — and pay for it in...

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