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FRANKFURT, April 26- U.S. specialty chemicals company Rockwood Holdings Inc has attracted bids from private equity groups for its industrial ceramics unit CeramTec, people familiar with the deal said. Permira, Cinven, BC Partners, TPG Capital and Bain Capital have handed in second-round bids by a Friday, April 26, deadline, people familiar with the investors said.
Jan 2- U.S. executives largely panned the congressional deal to steer America away from the "fiscal cliff," saying Washington wasted an opportunity to address the nation's long-term debt, but said they would continue to agitate for a better budget plan. "I think this deal's a disaster," said Peter Huntsman, chief executive of chemical producer Huntsman Corp..
BOSTON, Jan 2- While Washington fiddles, corporate America fumes. U.S. executives on Wednesday sharply criticized the political log-jams in Washington that delayed until Jan. 1 the deal to keep the U.S. economy from sliding over the "fiscal cliff" and into recession.