Cerberus Capital Management

PE firms, including Apollo, Cerberus, and KKR, have acquired hundreds of healthcare companies in recent years, including large hospitals, dermatology clinics and dental practices.

Call for Nominations: Deadline is Feb. 7 for M&A Mid-Market Awards. We've named the 2020 Most Influential Women. What's ahead for M&A in 2020? We ask bankers from Stifel, Piper Jaffray, William Blair. In deal news, Goldman Sachs' merchant banking division is buying retail technology company Aptos from Apax.

Taylor Swift asked Carlyle help her to secure ownership of six albums she recorded. Nike, McDonald's and others wield IoT to enhance customer experiences in the first installment of Mergers & Acquisitions' weekly 7-part series on retail technology M&A. Leonard Green, Shorehill, Cerberus involved in deals. Update on dealmaking in October.

Brazil's Natura, which bought the Body Shop in 2017, is a growing force in the global cosmetics and skincare industry.

Thomas H. Lee Partners, CC Capital and Cannae Holdings are buying Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB), a commercial data provider that has been around since 1841, for $6.9 billion.

Rite Aid Corp. shares sank after the drugstore operator’s proposed merger with Albertsons Cos. was called off, leaving the company with dwindling options amid a rapid transformation of the pharmacy business.