** FILE ** Then DaimlerChrysler chairman Jurgen E. Schrempp makes a statement following his testimony at the DaimlerChrysler vs. Kirk Kerkorian lawsuit in Wilmington, Del., Dec. 11, 2003. Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian is proposing to pay $4.5 billion in cash for Chrysler, as parent DaimlerChrysler AG examines what to do with its troubled U.S. automaking arm. A deal would put Kerkorian in charge of Chrysler a decade after he claims he was tricked out of a potential billions of dollars in the 1998 deal in which Germany's DaimlerBenz combined with Chrysler. (AP Photo/Pat Crowe II, File)