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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Novell Inc. said Wednesday that its net loss in the third quarter narrowed compared to the same period a year earlier, amid an increase in sales. Novell, a distributor of open source software used to run computer servers, said its net loss for the period ended July 31 was $3.42 million, or a penny a share, compared to $6.42 million, or 2 cents a share in the same period a year earlier. Meanwhile revenue rose to $243.1 million from $236.3 million. Novell said it posted non-GAAP adjusted income available to common stockholders from continuing operations of 5 cents a share. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had expected Novell to post earnings of 2 cents a share, on $235 million in revenue.

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