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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

Air France-KLM Absorbs Fuel Shock, Submits Bid for TAP Portugal as Lufthansa Joins Race
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Air France-KLM Absorbs Fuel Shock, Submits Bid for TAP Portugal as Lufthansa Joins Race

Air France-KLM's Q2 earnings beat expectations despite an €804 million fuel hit, as the airline bids for TAP Portugal al...

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Aldous Bio Targets €100M Revenue by 2030 After Nazca Takes Control
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Aldous Bio Targets €100M Revenue by 2030 After Nazca Takes Control

Spanish supplement maker Aldous Bio has brought in private equity firm Nazca as majority shareholder, with a plan to qui...

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Xbox Revenue Falls 7% Despite 200 Million New Users; CEO Sharma Pushes Price Hikes and Deep Cuts
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Xbox Revenue Falls 7% Despite 200 Million New Users; CEO Sharma Pushes Price Hikes and Deep Cuts

Microsoft’s Xbox division added over 200 million new gamers in fiscal 2026 but saw revenue slide 7% as console hardware ...

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Rolls-Royce Lifts Profit Outlook on Defence and AI Data Centre Boom
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Rolls-Royce Lifts Profit Outlook on Defence and AI Data Centre Boom

The British engineering group raised full-year profit guidance after first-half earnings jumped 46%, driven by surging d...

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Grifols Appoints Former GSK Vaccines Executive to Board, Replacing Portobello Founder
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Grifols Appoints Former GSK Vaccines Executive to Board, Replacing Portobello Founder

Joanna Le Couilliard, a pharmaceutical veteran with deep vaccine and Asia-Pacific experience, joins Grifols as independe...

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LSE Raises 2026 Outlook But Investors Dismiss Targets as Conservative
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LSE Raises 2026 Outlook But Investors Dismiss Targets as Conservative

London Stock Exchange raised its margin and revenue guidance after strong first-half results, yet shares slid 4% as the ...

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TC Energy Posts $987M Q2 Profit, Bets $400M on Data Center Gas Demand
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TC Energy Posts $987M Q2 Profit, Bets $400M on Data Center Gas Demand

Pipeline giant TC Energy reported a 18.5% jump in second-quarter net income to $987 million and approved two new expansi...

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Vedanta's First Quarter After Split: Margin Expands, Debt Falls, Value Unlocked
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Vedanta's First Quarter After Split: Margin Expands, Debt Falls, Value Unlocked

Vedanta's Q1 FY27 profit rose to ₹5,294 crore despite a revenue dip, as EBITDA margin surged to 35.1% on record zinc and...

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Grifols Appoints Former GSK Executive to Board, Replacing Long-Serving Director
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Grifols Appoints Former GSK Executive to Board, Replacing Long-Serving Director

Joanna Le Couilliard, a seasoned pharma executive, joins Grifols as an independent director and audit committee chair, s...

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Santander’s TSB Integration to Cut 130 Jobs; Branch Closure Pledge Stands Until 2028
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Santander’s TSB Integration to Cut 130 Jobs; Branch Closure Pledge Stands Until 2028

Santander UK will shed 130 roles at newly acquired TSB, representing 2.9% of its workforce, while its CEO reaffirms no b...

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Elon Musk Sells X to xAI for $45B—The Data Play Behind the Deal
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Elon Musk Sells X to xAI for $45B—The Data Play Behind the Deal

The self-deal merges X’s vast user data with xAI’s artificial intelligence ambitions, reshaping the competitive landscap...

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AXIS Capital Taps McKinsey Veteran as Head of Technology & AI Strategy
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AXIS Capital Taps McKinsey Veteran as Head of Technology & AI Strategy

AXIS Capital has appointed Rahil Jogani, a 16-year McKinsey partner, to lead its newly created technology and AI strateg...

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CaixaBank Reorganizes Wealth Management Unit, Names Juan Llamas Director
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CaixaBank Reorganizes Wealth Management Unit, Names Juan Llamas Director

CaixaBank shuffles its wealth leadership as assets surpass €200bn, with veteran banker Juan Llamas taking the helm and t...

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Egypt's Fodico Sees Profits Halve in H1 2026 as Land Dispute Clouds Outlook
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Egypt's Fodico Sees Profits Halve in H1 2026 as Land Dispute Clouds Outlook

Ismailia National Food Industries (Fodico) reported a 46.8% drop in net profit to EGP 30.9 million, while grappling with...

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Adidas Shares Plunge 15% as World Cup Marketing Costs Bite — Analysts See an Overreaction
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Adidas Shares Plunge 15% as World Cup Marketing Costs Bite — Analysts See an Overreaction

Adidas stock suffered its worst day in years after second-quarter earnings missed forecasts due to spiralling World Cup ...

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BBK Proposes 7.5% Interim Dividend After First-Half Profit Rises 10%
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BBK Proposes 7.5% Interim Dividend After First-Half Profit Rises 10%

Bahrain Kuwait Bank's board has recommended a 7.5 fils per share interim cash dividend for H1 2026, reflecting a 10% pro...

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Mahanagar Gas Q1: Shares jump 4% on sequential recovery despite 39% profit drop
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Mahanagar Gas Q1: Shares jump 4% on sequential recovery despite 39% profit drop

MGL's June quarter net profit surged 49% sequentially, driving a 4% stock rally, even as annual profit fell 39.5%. Inves...

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Santiago Metro's New Chief Lays Out $1.3bn Expansion, Eyes International Engineering Spin-Off
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Santiago Metro's New Chief Lays Out $1.3bn Expansion, Eyes International Engineering Spin-Off

In his first interview, Metro de Santiago's CEO outlined a plan to add 56 stations by 2032, finance the airport line ent...

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L&T Commits ₹5,000 Crore to Build EV Motors and Indigenous Chips, Eyes Indian Data Standard
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L&T Commits ₹5,000 Crore to Build EV Motors and Indigenous Chips, Eyes Indian Data Standard

Larsen & Toubro’s electronics arm is building a fully in-house mobility ecosystem—from semiconductor chips to data centr...

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Higgsfield Hires Former Braze Exec Mariam Asmar as First Enterprise Marketing Chief
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Higgsfield Hires Former Braze Exec Mariam Asmar as First Enterprise Marketing Chief

The AI video startup, targeting $1B in revenue by 2026, turns to an experienced B2B marketer to win enterprise clients a...

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ADNOC Drilling H1 profit edges up 1.4%, Q2 dividend set at $263m
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ADNOC Drilling H1 profit edges up 1.4%, Q2 dividend set at $263m

Steady earnings growth supported by a 4% revenue increase, while the board approved an interim dividend of 6.025 fils pe...

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Persistent Systems' $1.3B Nagarro Bet: AI Tailwind Meets Integration Headwinds
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Persistent Systems' $1.3B Nagarro Bet: AI Tailwind Meets Integration Headwinds

Persistent Systems aims to transform its European footprint with the proposed Nagarro acquisition, but the real test wil...

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M&M Q1 Revenue Soars 23% on Strong Auto and Tractor Volumes, Margin Squeeze Drags
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M&M Q1 Revenue Soars 23% on Strong Auto and Tractor Volumes, Margin Squeeze Drags

Mahindra & Mahindra's June-quarter standalone revenue hit ₹41,920 crore, beating estimates, but EBITDA margin contracted...

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BBVA Shares Jump on Profit Beat and €2bn Surprise Buyback
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BBVA Shares Jump on Profit Beat and €2bn Surprise Buyback

Spanish lender BBVA saw its stock climb nearly 3% after first-half net profit rose 11% to €6.05 billion, topping forecas...

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MV Electrosystems IPO Subscribed 1.14x on Day 1, Retail Portion Bids 4.6x; Grey Market Signals 25% Gain
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MV Electrosystems IPO Subscribed 1.14x on Day 1, Retail Portion Bids 4.6x; Grey Market Signals 25% Gain

Railway electrical equipment maker’s Rs 290-crore IPO drew strong retail demand, with a grey market premium of Rs 106 hi...

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Brother Industries Claims Top Design Award for Multi-Tool Machining Centre
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Brother Industries Claims Top Design Award for Multi-Tool Machining Centre

The SPEEDIO U500Xd2-100T, capable of holding 100 tools and enabling extended unmanned runs, secured the Japan Machine To...

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Fast-Food Chains Push AI Ordering, But Consumers Overwhelmingly Prefer Humans
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Fast-Food Chains Push AI Ordering, But Consumers Overwhelmingly Prefer Humans

New research shows 80% of diners want a human to take their order, even as McDonald’s and Wendy’s accelerate AI drive-th...

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ELTON Group Launches Food Blends Unit After N. LEKOS Acquisition, Eyeing Regional Growth
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ELTON Group Launches Food Blends Unit After N. LEKOS Acquisition, Eyeing Regional Growth

Greek industrial group ELTON has transformed from a chemical distributor into a food ingredient producer with the purcha...

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Hexaware Slashes Revenue Outlook, Shares Drop 8%; Margins Held Steady
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Hexaware Slashes Revenue Outlook, Shares Drop 8%; Margins Held Steady

Hexaware Technologies cut its CY26 revenue growth forecast to 6-7% from at least 7.6%, citing delayed deal ramp-ups and ...

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BBVA posts 22.2% ROTE, €2bn buyback and reshapes leadership for AI era
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BBVA posts 22.2% ROTE, €2bn buyback and reshapes leadership for AI era

Spanish bank delivers record profitability, with net interest income up 18.8%, a new €2bn share buyback and a management...

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