Will Reuters users ever IM a Bloomberg?

- Phil Albinus
- 01 Dec 2002

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Representatives from seven investment houses sat down with providers of instant messaging solutions and delivered an edict so direct it would make Dr. Phil blush: Stop with the secrets and let us chat with anyone and everyone on Wall Street.

As instant messaging sweeps traders’ and brokers’ desktops--either as officially sanctioned enterprise solutions like Communicator Hub IM or as clandestinely installed consumer programs like America Online’s hugely popular Instant Messenger (AIM) or Microsoft

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