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ValueClick shares have climbed 16% over the past two days as rumors have surfaced that AOL may be interested in acquiring the largest remaining independent online ad network. The rumors come from an analyst at Merriman Curham Ford & Co, who heard AOL is considering a purchase, but thinks a deal is unlikely.
It has been an incredibly busy year for online advertising acquisitions, with Google buying Doubleclick, Yahoo acquiring Right Media, and Microsoft purchasing aQuantive, among a slew of other deals.