The company was closing out a banner year that saw profits more than double from 1994, on top of a 44% im-provement over 1993.

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"As these kids get older, we're going to see IM really take over as the preferred method of communication over e-mail, " says Yahoo's Miller.

FORBES: Just Speechless

And I was happily chatting to people over IM on Facebook back in the UK as a news story in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest starter to break.

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