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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

Smartee DentiTech’s ChiNext IPO: Profit Volatility, VBP 2.0 and a 10 Million Yuan Patent Fight
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Smartee DentiTech’s ChiNext IPO: Profit Volatility, VBP 2.0 and a 10 Million Yuan Patent Fight

China’s second-largest clear aligner maker, Smartee DentiTech, files for a ChiNext IPO amid rising revenue but unstable ...

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Saitama Bankruptcies Fall for First Time in 4 Years, but Risks from Middle East and Payment Processor Failure Loom
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Saitama Bankruptcies Fall for First Time in 4 Years, but Risks from Middle East and Payment Processor Failure Loom

Corporate bankruptcies in Saitama fell 12% in H1 2026, the first decline in four years, but a survey shows nearly a quar...

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Storj Files Chapter 11, Token Holders Face Uncertain Payout as Creditors Come First
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Storj Files Chapter 11, Token Holders Face Uncertain Payout as Creditors Come First

Decentralized storage provider Storj Labs has filed for bankruptcy protection, hoping to shed old debts. The network and...

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Alix Earle’s Skincare Brand Reale Actives Hits $1M in Five Minutes as Netflix Series Looms
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Alix Earle’s Skincare Brand Reale Actives Hits $1M in Five Minutes as Netflix Series Looms

Alix Earle’s acne-focused line Reale Actives sold out on launch day after $1 million in first-five-minute sales, accordi...

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Siegwart Targets EGP 6 Billion Revenues Within Three Years on Infrastructure Boom
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Siegwart Targets EGP 6 Billion Revenues Within Three Years on Infrastructure Boom

Egypt's state-owned cement products firm plans to quadruple turnover by upgrading production lines, chasing national pro...

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Elite Financial to Sponsor Listings of Two Companies in Education and Solar Energy Sectors
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Elite Financial to Sponsor Listings of Two Companies in Education and Solar Energy Sectors

Elite Financial Consulting is preparing to list a solar energy firm and an education company in H1 2027, while also work...

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Fitch: Omani Banks Can Weather Iran Conflict After Sovereign Upgrade
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Fitch: Omani Banks Can Weather Iran Conflict After Sovereign Upgrade

Fitch Ratings says Omani lenders are the Gulf’s least exposed to the Iran conflict, with higher oil prices, Vision 2040 ...

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United Pitched a Merger to Delta Before American Rebuffed Talks – WSJ
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United Pitched a Merger to Delta Before American Rebuffed Talks – WSJ

The Wall Street Journal reported that United Airlines approached Delta about a merger last year, with a later overture t...

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Lucta Lays Out €200 Million Investment Plan to Hit €1 Billion Revenue
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Lucta Lays Out €200 Million Investment Plan to Hit €1 Billion Revenue

Spanish flavors and fragrances firm Lucta unveils a five-year investment and acquisition plan to double its business and...

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Caitlin Clark’s All-Star Weekend Showcases Growing Commercial Might for Brand Partners
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Caitlin Clark’s All-Star Weekend Showcases Growing Commercial Might for Brand Partners

The WNBA star’s first traditional All-Star Game in Chicago was as much a marketing spectacle as a sporting event, with s...

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Activists Demand Sheinbaum Halt SpaceX Starship Launches as 13th Test Blasts Off Amid Gulf Contamination Fears
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Activists Demand Sheinbaum Halt SpaceX Starship Launches as 13th Test Blasts Off Amid Gulf Contamination Fears

A Mexican environmental group staged a sixth protest at sea against SpaceX’s Starship campaign, warning of 40 km of spac...

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China's CXMT Targets $9.8 Billion IPO as AI Boom Reshapes Memory Chip Market
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China's CXMT Targets $9.8 Billion IPO as AI Boom Reshapes Memory Chip Market

ChangXin Memory Technologies' Shanghai listing could value it above $130 billion, capitalizing on a strategic retreat by...

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Travelers Hunts for Senior Engineer to Cement Cloud-Native Insurance Stack
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Travelers Hunts for Senior Engineer to Cement Cloud-Native Insurance Stack

A detailed job listing reveals Travelers' push to embed cloud, infrastructure-as-code, and AI-assisted coding into its p...

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Batista Brothers Diversify Into Venezuelan Oil, Acquiring Stake in Production Project
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Batista Brothers Diversify Into Venezuelan Oil, Acquiring Stake in Production Project

The Brazilian billionaire Batista family has purchased a share in a Venezuelan oil production venture, marking its third...

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Saudi Aramco: A Rare Look Inside the World's Most Valuable Energy Conglomerate
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Saudi Aramco: A Rare Look Inside the World's Most Valuable Energy Conglomerate

Saudi Aramco's integrated upstream and downstream model spans crude oil, gas, chemicals and retail, cementing its positi...

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BarkleyOKRP Taps Former FCB Veteran Brandon Cooke as Chief Marketing and Growth Officer
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BarkleyOKRP Taps Former FCB Veteran Brandon Cooke as Chief Marketing and Growth Officer

The independent agency consolidates marketing and business development under one executive, bringing in FCB’s Brandon Co...

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TMG Holding Signs 5-Year Deal with SAP for AI-Powered Cloud ERP Overhaul
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TMG Holding Signs 5-Year Deal with SAP for AI-Powered Cloud ERP Overhaul

Egyptian real estate giant Talaat Moustafa Group builds on a two-decade SAP partnership with a new agreement adopting RI...

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Co-Owner of Gormash Global Accused of 45 Million Ruble Fraud Amid Claims of Corporate Raid
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Co-Owner of Gormash Global Accused of 45 Million Ruble Fraud Amid Claims of Corporate Raid

A Moscow region court has extended house arrest for Dmitry Milash and his wife, while his defense argues the case is a f...

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Bank of Baroda Stung by NMC Settlement; Lodha, Tata Consumer Shine in Q1
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Bank of Baroda Stung by NMC Settlement; Lodha, Tata Consumer Shine in Q1

Bank of Baroda's net profit fell sharply on a ₹5,680 crore exceptional loss, while real estate developer Lodha more than...

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Jamie Dimon: Why Insecurity Derails Top CEO Careers
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Jamie Dimon: Why Insecurity Derails Top CEO Careers

JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon identifies insecurity as the career-limiting flaw that turns smart executives into isolated le...

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WAHVE Builds Remote Pipeline for Commercial Lines Insurance Talent Nearing Retirement
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WAHVE Builds Remote Pipeline for Commercial Lines Insurance Talent Nearing Retirement

The insurtech platform is helping experienced retail brokers transition into flexible, work-from-home roles that preserv...

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Sappi Enlists in ZDHC Programme to Phase Out Hazardous Chemicals from Fashion’s Raw Materials
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Sappi Enlists in ZDHC Programme to Phase Out Hazardous Chemicals from Fashion’s Raw Materials

The woodfibre group’s dissolving pulp arm, Sappi Verve, joins the Roadmap to Zero initiative, aiming to tighten chemical...

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Egypt Prepares 20 State Companies for Stock Market Listing, Life Insurer IPO by End 2026
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Egypt Prepares 20 State Companies for Stock Market Listing, Life Insurer IPO by End 2026

Minister Mohamed Farid Saleh unveils a temporary registration system to ready state firms for the EGX, with Misr Life In...

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Australian Billionaire Clive Palmer Again Promises a Titanic II for 2027
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Australian Billionaire Clive Palmer Again Promises a Titanic II for 2027

Clive Palmer says his Blue Star Line will start building a $1 billion replica of the Titanic early next year, with a fir...

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SK Group Chairman to Pay Ex-Wife €570 Million in Final Divorce Ruling
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SK Group Chairman to Pay Ex-Wife €570 Million in Final Divorce Ruling

South Korea's top court slashed the payout from earlier billions, capping it at €570 million after a decade-long battle ...

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At 17, Peter Cancro Borrowed $125,000 to Buy a Sub Shop. Now Jersey Mike’s Is Heading for an $8 Billion IPO.
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At 17, Peter Cancro Borrowed $125,000 to Buy a Sub Shop. Now Jersey Mike’s Is Heading for an $8 Billion IPO.

The Jersey Mike’s chairman’s path from high school employee to billionaire founder reveals the grit and relationship fin...

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Inside Palo Alto Networks: The Cybersecurity Company Behind the PANW Ticker
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Inside Palo Alto Networks: The Cybersecurity Company Behind the PANW Ticker

Palo Alto Networks delivers a broad suite of cloud, network, and AI-driven security solutions to enterprises and governm...

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The Last of His Kind: Wolfgang Grupp Readies Trigema for the Next Generation
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The Last of His Kind: Wolfgang Grupp Readies Trigema for the Next Generation

Wolfgang Grupp, 80, prepares to hand over his Trigema shares to his wife by year-end, then to one of his two children, i...

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Travelers Seeks Finance & Accounting Talent for 2027 Leadership Development Program
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Travelers Seeks Finance & Accounting Talent for 2027 Leadership Development Program

The property casualty insurer has opened applications for its three-year rotational program, but only internal employees...

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Reid Hoffman-backed AI startup Prentis in talks for $100M round at $1B valuation
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Reid Hoffman-backed AI startup Prentis in talks for $100M round at $1B valuation

The year-old startup is training AI to control computers for enterprise tasks, claiming contracts worth $50M and a reven...

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