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    US Private Equity Firm Buys Chrysler

    DaimlerChrysler will become Daimler and Chrysler again in the breakup of the most expensive merger in auto industry history. Chrysler's new owner will be Cerberus Capital Management , a private equity firm run by former Treasury Secretary John Snow .   David Cole is Chair of the Center for Automotive Research , a nonprofit think-tank…

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    DaimlerChrysler will become Daimler and Chrysler again in the breakup of the most expensive merger in auto industry history. Chrysler's new owner will be Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm run by former Treasury Secretary John Snow.David Cole is Chair of the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit think-tank in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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    Can Paul Wolfowitz Keep His Job?
    1. 1:13US Private Equity Firm Buys ChryslerYou’re reading this
    2. 7:30The Wolfowitz Showdown at the World Bank
    3. 42:22Small Companies to Feel Pinch of First-Class Postal Increase
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      Warren Olney

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      David Cole

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    1 of 3
    Can Paul Wolfowitz Keep His Job?
    1. 1:13US Private Equity Firm Buys ChryslerYou’re reading this
    2. 7:30The Wolfowitz Showdown at the World Bank
    3. 42:22Small Companies to Feel Pinch of First-Class Postal Increase
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