DENVER - For more than 150 years, messages of joy, sorrow and success came in signature yellow envelopes hand-delivered by a courier. Now the Western Union telegram is officially a thing of the past.

The company formed in April 1856 to exploit the hot technology of the telegraph to send cross-country messages in less than a day. It is now focusing its attention on money transfers and other financial services, and delivered its final telegram on Friday.

"The decision was a hard decision because we're fully aware of our heritage," said Victor Chayet, a spokesman for the Greenwood Village, Colo.-based company. "But it's the final transition from a communications company to a financial services company."

Source; Associated Press ET Feb 2,2006

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