Red Hat Names New CEO; 3Q Profit Up

December 20, 2007 By MIKE BAKER, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Red Hat Inc. tapped former Delta Air Lines Inc. executive James Whitehurst to lead the company into a new phase of growth, as the open source provider said Thursday its third-quarter earnings rose 12 percent.

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