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FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Private-equity deals such as the $7.4 billion acquisition of DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group by Cerberus Capital Management L.P. came under scrutiny at a House Financial Services Committee hearing Wednesday, with Democrats suggesting Congress may need to step in while Republicans called for a hands-off approach.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D., Mass.), expressed concern that employees may be left worse off when public companies are taken private, even ...

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