Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with word buy. 13 news.

Just how pervasive has branding become? Certainly, there exists no advertising campaign powerful enough to make us spend against our will, but there are plenty that persuade us to queue overnight for new products, to spend more money than we earn, to buy new versions of things th …

Would you buy a bottle of South Okanagan merlot produced at the expense of the spadefoot toad or enjoy a premium glass of icewine knowing it had helped to eliminate the sage thrasher? Given a choice, would you support a winery that tried to live with nature rather than squeeze i …

Nasdaq said the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. cleared Borse Dubai's plan to buy a stake in Nasdaq.

The Fed needs to slash interest rates -- and fast.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp will pay $684 million to acquire a 35 percent stake in Delta Petroleum Corp , the independent oil and gas company said on Monday.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda is going to buy 35% of Delta Petroleum for $684 million, or $19 a share, the companies said Monday. The investment is at 23% premium to Friday's close. This transaction will allow Delta Petroleum to accelerate development drilling activities in its core areas, including the Piceance and Paradox Basins. "Under (CEO) Roger (Parker's) leadership, Delta Petroleum has become a very important company in the industry, with valuable resource plays, a strong asset base and well-positioned exploration projects that we believe hold significant growth potential," Tracinda said.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp is in advanced talks to buy Israeli start-up XIV Information Systems for $300 million to $350 million, financial daily Globes reported on Monday.

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- International Business Machines Corp., the Armonk, N.Y., tech giant, is in advanced talks to buy an Israeli storage-technology startup, XIV, for $300 million to $350 million, the Israeli business daily Globes reported in its online edition. Citing sources, Globes said the company is chaired by Moshe Yanai, a former executive with EMC Corp., the Hopkinton, Mass., technology-infrastructure provider. Yanai laid out the $3 million that's funded XIV from its founding in 2002 to date, Globes reported.

Reuters - International Business Machines Corp is in advanced talks to buy Israeli start-up XIV Information Systems for $300 million to $350 million, financial daily Globes reported on Monday.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Europe stocks weakened out of the gate on Monday, a half-day of trade ahead of the New Year's holiday. Air France-KLM shares rose 1% in early trading Monday, following Friday's news that it's the preferred bidder to buy Alitalia . Cairn Energy , the Scottish oil explorer that surged last week on the back of deal speculation, strong oil prices and its re-entry into the FTSE 100, slipped 1.6%. London Scottish Bank tumbled over 16% after taking a provision and warning it won't be able to pay its final dividend. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.2% to 6,462.70 in London and the CAC 40 dipped 0.2% to 5,616.79 in Paris. German and Swiss markets were shut.

A Manhattan investor has terminated its contract to buy the former William Boyd Printing Co. plant in downtown Albany, the third time a proposed sale of the property has evaporated.

Question: Are I Bonds a legitimate investment, and how do I buy them?