Ordinarily, a question of whether to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) and to increase its loan limit would be about asuncontroversial a proposition as one could find on Capitol Hill.

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With instant messaging gaining in popularity, companies would like to find a way to initiate casual conversations about their products and services within the IM chat boxes.

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