After the newsconference, thesixcrewdisappeared, re-emergingan hourlater by theentrancehatch to themockspaceship, wherethey put on anotherhigh-spirited performance for the media.
"Hedge funds are the Wild West of our financial markets, " Hatch said in his opening remarks before testimony began in the nearly three-hour hearing, which examined hedge funds and their at times questionable relationships with independent analysts.