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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

German Court Rules Sturdy Plastic Carrier Bags Subject to Recycling Fees
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German Court Rules Sturdy Plastic Carrier Bags Subject to Recycling Fees

Businesses offering reusable plastic bags at checkout must now participate in the dual recycling system, a top court has...

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Danone Doubles Super Bowl Ad Spend as CBS Sells Out at $7 Million Per 30 Seconds
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Danone Doubles Super Bowl Ad Spend as CBS Sells Out at $7 Million Per 30 Seconds

With Super Bowl advertising slots reportedly hitting $7 million each, CBS has sold out its entire inventory. Consumer go...

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Eurobank Donates Infrastructure Upgrades to Greek Military Outpost on Panagia Islet
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Eurobank Donates Infrastructure Upgrades to Greek Military Outpost on Panagia Islet

The bank funds a new women’s barracks, port expansion and flagpole at a surveillance post in the Oinousses complex, deep...

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Why IBM Just Suffered Its Worst Day in Nearly 60 Years
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Why IBM Just Suffered Its Worst Day in Nearly 60 Years

A punishing mainframe sales collapse and a misfire in AI infrastructure spending sent IBM’s stock to its steepest one-da...

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CXMT Surges 466% in IPO, Becoming China’s Most Valuable Company
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CXMT Surges 466% in IPO, Becoming China’s Most Valuable Company

CXMT’s IPO popped 466%, catapulting the Chinese DRAM maker to a $489 billion market cap and making it the country’s most...

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French Government Opens Short-Time Work Scheme for Fire-Hit Businesses as Insurers Pledge Flexibility
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French Government Opens Short-Time Work Scheme for Fire-Hit Businesses as Insurers Pledge Flexibility

More than 13,000 evacuated enterprises in Gironde, Landes and Var can now access France's partial unemployment programme...

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Allstate's National General Seeks Bilingual Direct Sales Agent to Drive Local Growth
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Allstate's National General Seeks Bilingual Direct Sales Agent to Drive Local Growth

National General, an Allstate subsidiary, is hiring a bilingual direct sales agent to generate new business and strength...

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Spanish PE Firm Henko Takes 67% of Aerospace Supplier Aerotecnic, Targeting €75M Revenue
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Spanish PE Firm Henko Takes 67% of Aerospace Supplier Aerotecnic, Targeting €75M Revenue

Henko Partners acquires a controlling stake in Aerotecnic, a Seville-based maker of aero-structures and components, with...

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Vodafone Cost Cuts Chop 1,200 European Jobs as UK Revenue Dips
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Vodafone Cost Cuts Chop 1,200 European Jobs as UK Revenue Dips

Vodafone’s Q1 earnings rise as European job losses and merger with Three UK deliver savings, but a post-Ofcom UK mobile ...

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Muscat Stock Exchange Profits Jump 12% in Q2 as Industrial Sector Leads Surge
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Muscat Stock Exchange Profits Jump 12% in Q2 as Industrial Sector Leads Surge

Omani listed firms reported combined Q2 net profit of OMR 867 million, driven by a 51% gain in industrial earnings. Fina...

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CXMT Shares Surge 470% on First Day as China’s Memory Chip Champion Goes Public
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CXMT Shares Surge 470% on First Day as China’s Memory Chip Champion Goes Public

China’s largest DRAM maker raised at least $8.6 billion in the biggest mainland IPO in years on the STAR Market, with AI...

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From Trading Floor to Corner Office: Securities Alums Rise as Japan’s New CEO Class
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From Trading Floor to Corner Office: Securities Alums Rise as Japan’s New CEO Class

As the Tokyo Stock Exchange demands deeper shareholder engagement, a fresh leadership profile is emerging: CEOs with sec...

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NTPC Shares Gain on Board’s ₹12,000 Crore NCD Fundraising Approval
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NTPC Shares Gain on Board’s ₹12,000 Crore NCD Fundraising Approval

State-run power giant NTPC’s board greenlights a ₹12,000 crore non-convertible debenture issuance to support capex and r...

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Bank of Baroda Shares Dip as ₹5,700 Crore Charge and Unconfirmed Data Breach Spook Investors
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Bank of Baroda Shares Dip as ₹5,700 Crore Charge and Unconfirmed Data Breach Spook Investors

BoB's Q1 FY27 profit fell 72% on a one-time legal settlement, but core earnings held up; reports of an alleged 1TB data ...

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Sterling & Wilson to Spin Off Generator Unit in ₹1,500-Crore IPO, Riding Data Centre Wave
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Sterling & Wilson to Spin Off Generator Unit in ₹1,500-Crore IPO, Riding Data Centre Wave

Sterling & Wilson is forging ahead with a ₹1,500-crore IPO for its generator manufacturing arm, Sterling Green Power Sol...

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AMCON to Divest NTEL Stake as Debt Recovery Surges 64% in H1 2026
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AMCON to Divest NTEL Stake as Debt Recovery Surges 64% in H1 2026

The Nigerian bad bank recovered N165bn in the first half of 2026, a 64% jump, and confirmed plans to sell telecom firm N...

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Nomura Retains Buy on Tata Steel, JSW as Indian Rebar Prices Rebound
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Nomura Retains Buy on Tata Steel, JSW as Indian Rebar Prices Rebound

Nomura keeps a positive stance on Indian steel, with Buy ratings on Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Jindal Steel and Lloyds Metal...

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AI Cuts Asset Managers’ Workload from Days to Seconds, BCG Sees 25-35% Cost Drop
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AI Cuts Asset Managers’ Workload from Days to Seconds, BCG Sees 25-35% Cost Drop

A new BCG study projects AI could reduce asset management costs by 25–35% within five years, as firms like Sanso Longcha...

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Netflix Drops AAA Gaming Quest to Build Family Game Nights Around Its Shows
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Netflix Drops AAA Gaming Quest to Build Family Game Nights Around Its Shows

After spending $2 billion on mobile games and attracting 1.1 million daily users, Netflix pivots to casual TV-based inte...

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Nvidia Ready to Back OpenAI's $500B Data Centre Project with $250B in Guarantees
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Nvidia Ready to Back OpenAI's $500B Data Centre Project with $250B in Guarantees

Nvidia is in talks to provide $250 billion in financial guarantees for OpenAI's massive data centre in Ohio, enabling th...

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Anxin Fund Loses Second Fixed-Income Star as Li Jun Follows Zhang Yifei’s Exit
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Anxin Fund Loses Second Fixed-Income Star as Li Jun Follows Zhang Yifei’s Exit

Li Jun’s departure deepens a talent drain at Anxin Fund, where flagship fixed-income assets have shrunk sharply after se...

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AdExchanger Advisory Board Taps Top Executives From GroupM, PepsiCo, Pfizer and More
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AdExchanger Advisory Board Taps Top Executives From GroupM, PepsiCo, Pfizer and More

The digital advertising publication’s advisory board brings together leaders from agencies, brands, and publishers, refl...

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Strategy's Bitcoin Freeze Sets Up a Pivotal Earnings Test
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Strategy's Bitcoin Freeze Sets Up a Pivotal Earnings Test

Strategy paused Bitcoin purchases for four weeks—its longest freeze in two years—and sold 3,588 BTC to fund dividends. J...

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CXMT Surges Over 500% in Shanghai Debut, Surpassing Intel’s Market Cap
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CXMT Surges Over 500% in Shanghai Debut, Surpassing Intel’s Market Cap

Chinese memory chip maker CXMT vaulted to a $530 billion valuation on its first trading day, eclipsing Intel and becomin...

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EQT Lifts Perpetual Bid to A$22.50 in Third Push This Month
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EQT Lifts Perpetual Bid to A$22.50 in Third Push This Month

Swedish private equity giant EQT has raised its non-binding offer for Australia’s Perpetual to A$2.55 billion, a 19% pre...

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Chile Tax Reform Could Lift M&A Valuations by 5%, Experts Warn
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Chile Tax Reform Could Lift M&A Valuations by 5%, Experts Warn

A planned cut in corporate tax from 27% to 23% would increase after-tax cash flows and potentially lower the cost of cap...

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Smartee DentiTech's IPO Ambitions Clouded by Profit Pressures and a $1.4M Patent Lawsuit
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Smartee DentiTech's IPO Ambitions Clouded by Profit Pressures and a $1.4M Patent Lawsuit

China’s No.2 clear aligner maker is seeking a $126 million Shenzhen IPO, but centralized procurement margin squeezes, a ...

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How Honesty Drove H1 2026's Most Powerful Brand Campaigns—and What Marketers Can Learn
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How Honesty Drove H1 2026's Most Powerful Brand Campaigns—and What Marketers Can Learn

From Anthropic's self-aware Super Bowl ad to Burger King's mea culpa, brands that owned their flaws, pushed back against...

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Shriram Finance Q1 Strength Meets Oil Price Headwind
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Shriram Finance Q1 Strength Meets Oil Price Headwind

Strong June-quarter numbers for the NBFC giant are overshadowed by rising fuel costs that could pinch its core commercia...

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Shein Revenue Growth Slows to 8% as EU Tariff Change Raises Costs
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Shein Revenue Growth Slows to 8% as EU Tariff Change Raises Costs

Fast-fashion giant Shein saw its annual revenue growth decelerate from 41% to just 8% in three years, while Brussels’ mo...

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