While the public may like capping pay for top executives at companies that have taken government bailout money, General Motors Chairman Ed Whitacre says hiring from outside the company is more difficult with the government's compensation caps. Whitacre says he hopes Treasury will reconsider the limits. ... "To find top-level people where you need them, that's a more difficult thing to do at that salary level," Whitacre was quoted by Reuters as saying Tuesday night at Texas Lutheran University, where he gave a speech. "I don't think (the caps) will be lifted, but hopefully they'll be modified."
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