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Many firms pushed ahead, benefiting from the $669 billion Paycheck Protection Program run by the Small Business Administration and Treasury Department,

Palladium's Andrea McGuirt is among nine dealmakers named the 2020 Rising Stars of Private Equity. Coty buys stake in Kardashian's beauty business. Amazon buys self-driving startup Zoox. PE news from Carlyle and Kohlberg.

Mergers & Acquisitions takes a look at 5 service providers that will help dealmakers get through the pandemic. Oak Hill and Carlyle form insurance platform. More PE news from Blackstone and AEI.

The firm held off in the first five months on making any fresh investments, part of Carlyle’s decision globally to tread carefully as rivals rushed in to snap up distressed assets.

BC Partners, Carlyle, Paceline Equity and Thoma Bravo are raising capital, according to SEC filings.

Amazon, Google, Intel, Microsoft and Salesforce use VC funds to compliment their M&A strategies. We check in with dealmakers from Alvarez & Marsal, Riverside, Merrill and Paul Hastings about the potential impact of the coronavirus, also known as Covid-19 on the middle-market. Costco buys logistics company.

Mergers & Acquisitions profiles the top 10 most active private equity firms in 2019, based on the volume of completed deals in the U.S., according to PitchBook.

Brown Advisory, Carlyle International Energy, Intrepid, Monitor Capital and Searchlight Capital are raising capital, according to SEC filings.

Time is running out. Nominations are due Friday, February 7 for the M&A Mid-Market Awards. Past winners include Nike. Carlyle reports first earnings since becoming a C-corp. PE news from Ecosystem, Bain, Freeman Spogli.

BorgWarner buys Delphi, as the auto industry moves to electric cars. Royal Philips looking to sell domestic appliances business. Carlyle invests in solar energy. Activists investors including, Starboard, which has invested in Papa John's, work to improve their images.