Elliott offers $2 billion buyout of Novell (AP)

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AP - Private equity firm Elliott Associates LP on Tuesday offered to buy the 91.5 percent of the shares it doesn't already own in enterprise software company Novell Inc. for $5.75 each, an offer valuing the company at about $2 billion.

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