Time to catch up on some hot stories you may have missed this week. Here are the 10 most popular posts on peHUB based on number of unique pageviews from our regular readers for May 20 – 24.

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Fitch Ratings has upgraded the credit ratings of DDR Corp. The rating outlook has been revised to stable from positive. The upgrade of the IDR to ‘BBB-’ reflects that pro forma for the $1.46 billion acquisition of […]

Capital Dynamics has invested in a 21-megawatt (MW) onshore wind farm project in Northern Ireland. Capital Dynamics holds a 100% ownership stake in the project called the Dunmore wind farm.

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MediSwipe, a data management solutions company for the medicinal marijuana and health care industry, has received the first $100,000 of a total of $600,000 in funding from a Chicago-based private equity fund. The […]

North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), a specialty anesthesia and perioperative management company has announced New Jersey Anesthesia Group has joined NAPA. In April 2011, Moelis Capital Partners led a […]

Del Monte Foods and Natural Balance Pet Foods have signed a merger agreement. Natural Balance Pet Foods, makers of super-premium pet food for dogs and cats sold throughout North America and also in Europe and […]

European lower mid-market private debt manager Beechbrook Capital has raised 67 million euros ($86 million) at the first close of its latest fund, Beechbrook Mezzanine II. With pledges of a further 25 million […]

Here’s to quashing those myths about biotech and VC

GiftCards.com agrees to buy Giftly

Google brings own voice search to the iPhone and iPad

Start-up Square loses two execs

Texas venture capital weak […]

International investment bank Altium has promoted Andy Clarke to director and Elin Sion to assistant director. Clarke joined Altium in 2009 from Grant Thornton, having previously worked at LDC and KPMG. He […]

Blue Earth has appointed Robert C. Potts and Brett Woodard to its senior management team. Robert C. Potts will be the president and chief operating officer and Brett Woodard will be the chief financial officer of […]

Tech Valley Communications, a facilities-based telecommunications service provider operating networks in New York and Northern New England, has appointed Maura Mahoney as senior director of marketing and product […]

Hawksford, an independent trust company which is backed by UK mid-market private equity firm Dunedin, has appointed Maxine Rawlins, a partner at Ernst & Young, to the position of chief executive from 2014 when the […]

Wanderful Media, an online local discovery shopping company, has secured an additional $9 million in funding from existing investors. This addition brings the company’s total funding to $36 million. Wanderful […]

Fleming Family & Partners and Garber Hannam & Partners Limited have announced announce a final distribution to the shareholders of FF&P Russia Real Estate Limited. The payment means RREL has now returned over $213 […]

Here’s the Boston deals round-up so far this week

Better the devil you know

Here are some of the top jobs of the week in tech

Alinta plans $1bn debt raising in US

Kids love to tweet

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The jobs board this week features an associate position at Goldman Sachs; a private markets consultant post at Strategic Investment Solutions; a Silicon Valley portfolio manager at Microsoft and a financial […]

ParkMe, a leading provider of real-time parking information to navigation companies and consumers and Amano McGann, a provider of off-street parking automation in the US, have merged. Angeleno Group, Fontinalis […]

Global investment management firm Invesco has elected Richard Wagoner as a member of the board of directors, effective October 7, 2013. Wagoner, 60, served as chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors […]