Thomson Reuters revises IM service in legal battle (Update)

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE , AP Business Writer, Technology / Internet

In this May 4, 2007 file photo the Reuters headquarters building is seen in Singapore. Thomson Reuters Corp. must remove a crucial layer of software from its instant messaging service beginning Friday under a federal court order that threatens to disrupt communications within dozens of stock brokerages and banks. (AP Photo/File)

(AP) -- Thomson Reuters Corp. has overhauled its instant messaging service to avoid a communications breakdown that threatened to alienate brokerages and banks that rely on the system to complete stock trades and exchange other sensitive information.

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