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Microsoft Ends Decade of Antitrust Suits  SEATTLE/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;MSFT.O&lt;/A&gt; said  on Monday it had agreed to settle antitrust lawsuits with  Novell Inc. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NOVL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;NOVL.O&lt;/A&gt; and an industry trade group, marking the  end of a decade-long antitrust battle. 
