Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with word launch. 8 news.

As a 126-year tradition ends with the last issues of the Cincinnati Post and Kentucky Post, its owner is looking to new media to fill part of the gap. (SSP) (GCI)

Cyprus and Malta begin the final countdown to bid farewell to their national currencies ahead of their entry into the euro zone.

Less than a year since its launch, Wal-Mart has scrapped its online video download service. The decision to end its downloading operation resulted from Hewlett-Packard discontinuing the technology that powered the service.

AFTER missing out on Qantas, David Coe's controversial Allco Finance Group has made the first move to reinvent itself by unveiling a $200 million foundation investor to launch one of four planned specialist funds valued at up to $2 billion.

Head of the Tata Group Ratan Tata feels that after the successful launch of his dream project -- the Rs 1-lakh car-- will ideally be the nice time for him to retire from active business life, a media report said here.

India's giant Tata Group plans to launch the world's cheapest car early in January while also looking set to drive off with two of the poshest marques -- Ford's iconic Jaguar and Land Rover brands.

Netscape Navigator, the world's first commercial Web browser and the launch pad of the Internet boom, will be pulled off life support Feb. 1 after a 13-year run.

The Army Corps of Engineers came to the District in the late 1990s on an expensive mission: launch a massive overhaul of decrepit school buildings, which eventually included spending $80 million to replace ancient heating systems with brand-new boilers to last 25 years or more.