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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

Quantum Data Energy Trades at 2.85 GBP After Sliding From a 52-Week High of 113 GBP
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Quantum Data Energy Trades at 2.85 GBP After Sliding From a 52-Week High of 113 GBP

The London-listed micro-cap gas reserve power company is down from a 3.35 GBP previous close, with a 52-week range of 1....

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Renishaw Rides AI Chip Boom to Record Sales as Encoder Demand Surges
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Renishaw Rides AI Chip Boom to Record Sales as Encoder Demand Surges

The UK precision measurement group posted record annual revenue, a 36% jump in adjusted operating profit and a higher di...

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Uruguay's metaBIX Signs Global Licensing Deal With India's HiMedia, Projects $40M in Royalties
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Uruguay's metaBIX Signs Global Licensing Deal With India's HiMedia, Projects $40M in Royalties

The AI-driven animal biovigilance startup will earn royalties on products HiMedia Laboratories develops using its data a...

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EEOC Sues Mercy Health in Ohio Over Firing of Jewish Surgeon
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EEOC Sues Mercy Health in Ohio Over Firing of Jewish Surgeon

The EEOC says Mercy Health's Youngstown physician group fired a high-performing Jewish orthopedic surgeon after antisemi...

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Adani Group Pledges ₹1 Lakh Crore in West Bengal, Signals Power Distribution Entry
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Adani Group Pledges ₹1 Lakh Crore in West Bengal, Signals Power Distribution Entry

The conglomerate's first formal mention of power distribution challenges CESC and WBSEDCL as it lays out ports, power, d...

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Greenridge Completes Summer Exploration at Hook-Carter Uranium Project
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Greenridge Completes Summer Exploration at Hook-Carter Uranium Project

Greenridge Exploration has finished geophysical, soil and LiDAR surveys at Hook-Carter in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin...

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McDonald’s Unveils $8.5 Billion NEXT Plan to Modernise Restaurants and Lift Margins
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McDonald’s Unveils $8.5 Billion NEXT Plan to Modernise Restaurants and Lift Margins

The fast-food giant will spend $8.5 billion by 2036, support franchisees, deploy an AI operations system and target shar...

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Telangana Textile Clusters Poised to Gain from India's Textile Waste Recycling Roadmap
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Telangana Textile Clusters Poised to Gain from India's Textile Waste Recycling Roadmap

A Ministry study puts India's textile waste at 7,073 kilotonnes a year and sees a ₹35,000 crore recycling market by 2030...

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fiskaly Names David Feichter Co-CEO as Vienna FinTech Targets European Scale
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fiskaly Names David Feichter Co-CEO as Vienna FinTech Targets European Scale

The transaction-compliance scale-up splits the top job, appointing former orderbird product chief David Feichter alongsi...

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What Investors See on the Latecoere (LAEP) Euronext Paris Quote Page
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What Investors See on the Latecoere (LAEP) Euronext Paris Quote Page

Latecoere, the Toulouse-based aerostructures and interconnection systems group, is tracked on Euronext Paris under ticke...

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Oxford Biomedica Maintains Full-Year Outlook Despite Widening First-Half Loss
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Oxford Biomedica Maintains Full-Year Outlook Despite Widening First-Half Loss

Revenue rose 9.2% to £79.9m and 17 new clients were signed, but a 22% jump in cost of sales and a £7.6m impairment pushe...

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Thai Pageant Chief: Six Asian Delegates Still Eligible for Miss Universe 2026
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Thai Pageant Chief: Six Asian Delegates Still Eligible for Miss Universe 2026

MU East rejects JKN Universe's exclusion of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia and Singapore, setting a Sept 2...

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Converse Apologizes After Chuck 70 X and Palmes Ads Evoke Klan and Lynching Imagery
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Converse Apologizes After Chuck 70 X and Palmes Ads Evoke Klan and Lynching Imagery

Nike-owned Converse removed the Karina-fronted Chuck 70 X ad and is working to remove a Palmes collab after users said t...

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Walmart Rally Lifts Alice Walton to $118 Billion Fortune and Fourth Straight Forbes 400 Lead
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Walmart Rally Lifts Alice Walton to $118 Billion Fortune and Fourth Straight Forbes 400 Lead

America's richest woman is now $33.4 billion ahead of Julia Koch after Walmart shares gained, while her family channels ...

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DMA Invest Targets $2bn Pipeline at UK-Africa Forum in Guinea
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DMA Invest Targets $2bn Pipeline at UK-Africa Forum in Guinea

The London advisory firm is bringing more than 1,000 investors, officials and companies to Conakry in October, aiming to...

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Brazil's Central Bank Overhauls Pix Rules with Immediate Exclusion Power and New Fraud Duties
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Brazil's Central Bank Overhauls Pix Rules with Immediate Exclusion Power and New Fraud Duties

The new regulation gives Brazil's central bank instant exclusion tools, makes DICT fraud-marking accountability explicit...

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Accenture Song Sends APAC Media Chief Fein to Build U.S. Media Business
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Accenture Song Sends APAC Media Chief Fein to Build U.S. Media Business

Melissa Fein, the former Initiative Australia CEO who scaled Accenture Song's Asia-Pacific media arm, relocates to the U...

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Polish Bazaar Brand Kubota Rebuilds Into European Marketplace Player
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Polish Bazaar Brand Kubota Rebuilds Into European Marketplace Player

Kubota has turned 1990s bazaar flip-flops into a 32m PLN apparel business, using rebranding, festivals and Amazon/Zaland...

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PI Cottex Plans Capacity Push After Repeat Brückner Stenter Investment
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PI Cottex Plans Capacity Push After Repeat Brückner Stenter Investment

The Ludhiana-based knit fabric exporter is betting on Brückner finishing lines again as it targets a jump from 600 to 1,...

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Bangladesh Textile Delegation Studies Chemical Compliance at RUDOLF in Germany
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Bangladesh Textile Delegation Studies Chemical Compliance at RUDOLF in Germany

A GIZ-backed visit to RUDOLF's German headquarters gave Bangladeshi textile professionals a look at European chemical sa...

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2020 Bulkers Ltd: What the Stock Page Tells Investors About the Newcastlemax Owner
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2020 Bulkers Ltd: What the Stock Page Tells Investors About the Newcastlemax Owner

A stock data page for 2020 Bulkers Ltd offers real-time quotes, valuation estimates and company details, but investors s...

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Beauty Tech Lifts 2026 Profit Outlook and Plans £20m Buyback
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Beauty Tech Lifts 2026 Profit Outlook and Plans £20m Buyback

Beauty Tech Group raised its 2026 adjusted EBITDA forecast to at least £48.5m after first-half profit more than tripled,...

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Armenian Ineco Group to Take Majority Stake in Slovenia's Hranilnica Lon
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Armenian Ineco Group to Take Majority Stake in Slovenia's Hranilnica Lon

The owners of Hranilnica Lon signed a deal to sell a majority stake to IGS Holding, controlled by Armenia's Ineco Group,...

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Clear Turned a $6 Million Bankruptcy Deal Into a $7.6 Billion Identity Business
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Clear Turned a $6 Million Bankruptcy Deal Into a $7.6 Billion Identity Business

Clear charges $209 a year to skip U.S. airport lines. Bought out of bankruptcy for $6 million, it now has a $7.6 billion...

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Cintas Corp Set for 23 September Earnings Update With $11.26bn Trailing Revenue
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Cintas Corp Set for 23 September Earnings Update With $11.26bn Trailing Revenue

The uniform rental and workplace services group enters its next earnings date with $11.26 billion in trailing revenue an...

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BGBA Meets Foreign Affairs Ministry to Strengthen Buying House Market Access
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BGBA Meets Foreign Affairs Ministry to Strengthen Buying House Market Access

Bangladesh's garment buying house association met State Minister Shama Obaed Islam to seek embassy and commercial counse...

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Record Labels Launch Anti-Fraud Streaming Push Backed by Sony, Universal and Merlin
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Record Labels Launch Anti-Fraud Streaming Push Backed by Sony, Universal and Merlin

The global record industry has unveiled a five-point commitment to curb fake streams, with Sony Music Group, Universal M...

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L'Oréal Executive Inês Caldeira Takes Second in Forbes Portugal Power List
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L'Oréal Executive Inês Caldeira Takes Second in Forbes Portugal Power List

Inês Caldeira, deputy general manager for L'Oréal Paris's global market, ranks second in distribution, fashion and retai...

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Why Some of the World's Biggest Companies Were Born in Economic Crashes
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Why Some of the World's Biggest Companies Were Born in Economic Crashes

From Airbnb's air mattresses to Bit Source's retrained coal miners, downturns repeatedly force founders to solve urgent ...

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Automattic Reverses Course: Matt Mullenweg Is Back as CEO After Board Ouster Bid
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Automattic Reverses Course: Matt Mullenweg Is Back as CEO After Board Ouster Bid

Automattic says Matt Mullenweg has returned as chairman and CEO with the board's support after a week of conflicting sta...

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