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October 16, 2002, 11:25 AM PT Seven top brokerage firms on Wednesday formally announced a coalition to promote the adoption of standards in the fragmented instant messenger industry. As previously reported, financial services firms, including Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan Chase, this summer formed the Financial Services Instant Messaging Association (FIMA), formerly known as the Instant Messaging Standards Board (IMSB). The committee, which also includes representatives from Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and UBS Warburg, publicly touted its lofty goal of fostering technical harmony among IM providers Yahoo, AOL, MSN and others
