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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

Shein Discloses FTC Probe Into U.S. Business as IPO Stalls Over ‘Dark Patterns’ Concerns
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Shein Discloses FTC Probe Into U.S. Business as IPO Stalls Over ‘Dark Patterns’ Concerns

The fast-fashion giant revealed a Federal Trade Commission investigation into its U.S. operations in IPO filings, with s...

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Coca-Cola Lifts 2026 Outlook After Strong Q2, but Shares Still Overvalued
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Coca-Cola Lifts 2026 Outlook After Strong Q2, but Shares Still Overvalued

Coca-Cola's Q2 organic revenue rose 6%, and the company raised full-year guidance. However, Morningstar sees shares as s...

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Novo Nordisk Must Face Shareholder Fraud Claims Over CagriSema Disappointment
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Novo Nordisk Must Face Shareholder Fraud Claims Over CagriSema Disappointment

A U.S. judge ruled that Novo Nordisk must answer investor fraud allegations after the obesity drug trial missed its weig...

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UPS Raises 2026 Forecast as Strategy Shift Bites, But Profit Plunge Sends Shares Down 6%
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UPS Raises 2026 Forecast as Strategy Shift Bites, But Profit Plunge Sends Shares Down 6%

UPS lifted its full-year revenue target to $91.2 billion after shifting away from low-margin e-commerce volume, but rest...

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FIFA Eyes $17.5B World Cup Equity Sale; UEFA Threatens Boycott
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FIFA Eyes $17.5B World Cup Equity Sale; UEFA Threatens Boycott

FIFA president Infantino seeks private investors for minority stakes in the World Cup, sparking UEFA warnings that footb...

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Visa to Cut 2,600 Jobs, Shifting Focus as Payments Industry Evolves
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Visa to Cut 2,600 Jobs, Shifting Focus as Payments Industry Evolves

Payment giant Visa plans to cut about 7% of its workforce, targeting technology and product roles, as it adapts to a rap...

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Corning Shares Tumble 20% Despite Q2 Beat as AI Fears Overshoot, Analysts Say
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Corning Shares Tumble 20% Despite Q2 Beat as AI Fears Overshoot, Analysts Say

Corning’s Q2 revenue surged on AI-driven fiber demand, but a 20% intraday plunge reflects broader AI stock jitters. Morn...

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Jefferies Reiterates Buy on SAP, Sees Company as AI Leader Among Peers
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Jefferies Reiterates Buy on SAP, Sees Company as AI Leader Among Peers

Analyst Charles Brennan maintains EUR 210 price target, citing CEO Klein's AI urgency and SAP's advanced positioning in ...

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Apple Dethrones Nvidia to Become World's Most Valuable Company with $5 Trillion Market Cap
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Apple Dethrones Nvidia to Become World's Most Valuable Company with $5 Trillion Market Cap

Apple’s market cap hit $5 trillion on Tuesday, reclaiming the top spot from Nvidia as the iPhone maker benefits from ste...

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Enpal Shutters Hamburg Sales Hub as Solar Startup Refocuses on Core Regions
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Enpal Shutters Hamburg Sales Hub as Solar Startup Refocuses on Core Regions

Berlin-based energy startup Enpal is closing its Hamburg office with 85 employees and consolidating sales in Munich, Ess...

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How Cox Automotive Uses AI and Research to Keep AutoTrader and Kelley Blue Book Ads Effective
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How Cox Automotive Uses AI and Research to Keep AutoTrader and Kelley Blue Book Ads Effective

An inside look at the research-first creative process behind AutoTrader and Kelley Blue Book, where consumer testing, AI...

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S&P 500 Board Diversity Hits Decade Low as Trump-Era Policies and Investor Retreat Reshape Recruitment
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S&P 500 Board Diversity Hits Decade Low as Trump-Era Policies and Investor Retreat Reshape Recruitment

Appointments of women and racial minorities to S&P 500 boards have fallen to their lowest level since 2014, new data sho...

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Goodyear, Blizzard, Roku and Slim Jim Ride the Jimothy Raccoon Wave in a Real-Time Marketing Blitz
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Goodyear, Blizzard, Roku and Slim Jim Ride the Jimothy Raccoon Wave in a Real-Time Marketing Blitz

A wave of brands ‘newsjacked’ the internet’s latest animal star, Jimothy the raccoon, blending product messages with vir...

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How a Grandma's Barbecue Sauce Recipe Built a $350 Million Brand
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How a Grandma's Barbecue Sauce Recipe Built a $350 Million Brand

Justin Gill turned his grandmother's Japanese barbecue sauce into Bachan's, a brand with estimated annual revenues toppi...

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From Shark Tank Rejection to Rs 3,000 Cr: The Zypp Electric Story
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From Shark Tank Rejection to Rs 3,000 Cr: The Zypp Electric Story

After being turned down on Shark Tank India at a Rs 220-crore valuation, Zypp Electric has grown into a 21,000-scooter E...

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SpaceX Shares Sink More Than 50% From Post-IPO High Ahead of First Earnings
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SpaceX Shares Sink More Than 50% From Post-IPO High Ahead of First Earnings

Ahead of its inaugural earnings as a public company and a looming lock-up expiration, SpaceX shares have lost more than ...

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After 50% Crash, SK Hynix Trades at 4.5 Forward P/E — Is the Memory Cycle Misread?
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After 50% Crash, SK Hynix Trades at 4.5 Forward P/E — Is the Memory Cycle Misread?

SK Hynix stock plunged nearly 50% after a fourfold rally, compressed to a forward P/E of 4.5. But wafer-capacity math an...

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Nvidia Injects $5 Billion into Ilya Sutskever’s Secretive AI Startup Safe Superintelligence
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Nvidia Injects $5 Billion into Ilya Sutskever’s Secretive AI Startup Safe Superintelligence

The chip giant’s cash—and access to its next-generation Vera Rubin hardware—will let SSI grow its compute tenfold in a y...

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Thinking Machines Lab Co-Founder Lilian Weng Steps Down, Citing Burnout and Health Strain
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Thinking Machines Lab Co-Founder Lilian Weng Steps Down, Citing Burnout and Health Strain

Weng’s departure — the latest in a wave of exits from the AI startup — underscores the physical toll of the industry’s r...

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GSK to Close Stevenage R&D Hub in £1.9bn Cost Drive, Opens Cambridge Flagship
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GSK to Close Stevenage R&D Hub in £1.9bn Cost Drive, Opens Cambridge Flagship

The drugmaker will move 1,800 staff from its historic Stevenage centre to a new Cambridge site, launching a three-year c...

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BHP Sends Mariana Reparations Lead to Global Ethics Post, Eyes Samarco Revival by 2029
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BHP Sends Mariana Reparations Lead to Global Ethics Post, Eyes Samarco Revival by 2029

Emir Calluf Filho, who steered BHP's Brazilian operation through the Fundão dam disaster reparations, takes a global com...

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Leica Bets on Glass Molding to Secure Its Premium Camera Future
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Leica Bets on Glass Molding to Secure Its Premium Camera Future

Leica Camera AG is banking on a new lens-pressing technology to keep its luxury cameras ahead of smartphone competition,...

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Chubais Appeals 5.5 Billion Ruble Ruling in Rusnano's Plastic Logic Lawsuit
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Chubais Appeals 5.5 Billion Ruble Ruling in Rusnano's Plastic Logic Lawsuit

Former Rusnano chief Anatoly Chubais and seven other defendants have challenged a Moscow court order that held them liab...

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Cabio Biotech Slumps 20% After Shanghai Risk Warning Over ARA Turmoil
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Cabio Biotech Slumps 20% After Shanghai Risk Warning Over ARA Turmoil

The world’s second-largest arachidonic acid (ARA) supplier sees revenue plunge 82% and is put under stock exchange risk ...

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Walgreens Bets on Robots to Save $1B a Year as It Prepares to Go Private
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Walgreens Bets on Robots to Save $1B a Year as It Prepares to Go Private

Walgreens is rolling out automated prescription centers across 5,000 pharmacies in a drive to cut $1 billion in annual c...

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Inflexor Ventures Rakes In ₹400 Crore in First Close of ₹1,250 Crore Fund III
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Inflexor Ventures Rakes In ₹400 Crore in First Close of ₹1,250 Crore Fund III

The early-stage venture firm has secured commitments from marquee anchors like SRI Fund and HDFC AMC, preparing to write...

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Arab African International Bank Partners with Zain Tech to Accelerate Corporate Digitalization in Egypt
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Arab African International Bank Partners with Zain Tech to Accelerate Corporate Digitalization in Egypt

A memorandum of understanding between AAIB and the Zain Group’s digital arm aims to equip Egyptian businesses with AI, I...

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Johnson & Johnson Agrees to $5.5 Billion Talc Settlement to End 15-Year Litigation
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Johnson & Johnson Agrees to $5.5 Billion Talc Settlement to End 15-Year Litigation

The pharmaceutical giant aims to resolve tens of thousands of ovarian cancer claims with a $5.5 billion deal, seeking cl...

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Safran CEO Vows to Meet Airbus and Boeing Engine Demand in 2026-2027 as Aftermarket Boom Drives Record Profits
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Safran CEO Vows to Meet Airbus and Boeing Engine Demand in 2026-2027 as Aftermarket Boom Drives Record Profits

French engine maker Safran reports record H1 profitability, raises full-year outlook, and pledges to break the productio...

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Theater Revenues Are Climbing, but the Moviegoing Habit Remains in Long-Term Decline
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Theater Revenues Are Climbing, but the Moviegoing Habit Remains in Long-Term Decline

AMC’s latest results show how rising ticket prices and premium formats are masking a durable slide in attendance — a shi...

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