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Rumors of the Day: A number of published reports speculate that BHP Billiton(BHP Quote) is close to announcing a major gold find at its Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. The stock gained $3.48, or 4.8%, to $76.01.
ValueClick(VCLK Quote) gained 7% on takeover speculation. StreetInsider.com said potential suitors include Microsoft(MSFT Quote), Time Warner's(TWC Quote) AOL unit, Yahoo!(YHOO Quote) and Google(GOOG Quote). The stock became a popular play for takeover speculators earlier this year, after Microsoft bought aQuantive and Google swallowed DoubleClick. Shares were up $1.40 to $21.88, below its 52-week high of $36.70. ...
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