Aug 26, 1997 12:08 PM

Novell Rocks Stocks

The Dow and Nasdaq were down in early-afternoon trading. The stock on everybody's mind was Novell. Amid rumors that IBM was interested in a takeover, more than 25 million Novell shares had changed hands, and the stock was up 10 percent.

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