CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday denied American golfer Doug Barron's request to lift a 12-month ban for a doping violation, saying it would be unfair on other golfers trying to qualify for next year's events.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - FedEx Corp <FDX.N> shares, which have more than doubled since a low in March, may climb further given the delivery company's growing exposure to overseas markets such as China, Barron's reported on Sunday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home decorating expert Martha Stewart issued a statement on Friday expressing her appreciation for long-time retail partner Kmart, one month after saying the quality of her company's merchandise had been diminished at their stores.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors should swap their shares of Yahoo Inc <YHOO.O> for those of Google Inc <GOOG.O> because Yahoo's advertising revenues are on the decline while Google's are rising, Barron's reported in its October 26 edition.

Doug Barron is 1st to violate PGA Tour's doping policy; golfer draws 1-year suspension. Doug Barron, a 40-year-old journeyman who lost his tour card three years ago, became the first player to be suspended by the PGA Tour for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

Tiger Woods on Wednesday said it was unfortunate that US PGA Tour player Doug Barron had tested positive for drugs, but Phil Mickelson claimed it could all be a mistake.

Doug Barron, 1st player suspended under PGA doping policy, files suit to lift 1-year ban. The PGA Tour's first-ever suspension for violation of its anti-doping rules wound up in federal court on Friday where attorneys for a 40-year-old journeyman tried to block the one-year ban.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Golfer Doug Barron has filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour after they suspended him over a doping offence.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of insurance giant American International Group <AIG.N> soared more than 50 percent last week and they now look overpriced, Barron's said in its August 31 edition.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors that bought Citigroup Inc <C.N> shares should take profits after the U.S. bank's shares climbed almost 100 percent in the last month, Barron's said in its August 31 edition.

Stocks slid Monday as a drop in the Chinese market sent investors scurrying to take some profits.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Citigroup Inc <C.N> fell as much as 7.5 percent on Monday amid a broad slide in financial stocks, after rallying over the last week.

Report: Dow Jones & Co. seeking potential buyers for stock-market indexing business. The Dow Jones Industrial Average could get a new name.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares in web retailer eBay <EBAY.O> could be worth 30 percent more than current prices as a promised turnaround in its core online-auction business begins to yield results, weekly financial paper Barron's reported.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is canvassing 400 randomly selected colleges and universities about compensation practices for in-house and third-party endowment managers, as well as a series of related taxation issues, Barron's reported.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is canvassing 400 randomly selected colleges and universities about compensation practices for in-house and third-party endowment managers, as well as a series of related taxation issues, Barron's reported.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Starbucks <SBUX.O> investors should consider taking their profits and buying a cup of coffee instead of overvalued shares, Barron's said on Sunday.

A Norfolk judge has acquitted a Boston lawyer of charges he sought to deliver heroin to an inmate at MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole. Kevin L. Barron was accused of trying to smuggle the drug to a client after correction officers performed a routine search as he visited the prison two years ago and found small packets containing 4.8 grams of heroin hidden in a package he was carrying. Judge Janet Sanders ruled Monday that prosecutors did not prove Barron knew there was heroin inside the package. ``I am innocent, and I would like to regain what was once a good reputation,'' Barron said told the Globe. In June, Gwen Foxworth, the mother of an inmate at the prison, pleaded guilty to inserting the heroin into three deep holes on the left side of a legal brief in the package, prosecutors said. Her fingerprints were found on the package, they said. Wolf Fevrier, Barron's client, who was accused of accepting $1,000 in exchange for providing Foxworth with Barron's address, also pleaded guilty to

A Norfolk judge has acquitted a Boston lawyer of charges he sought to deliver heroin to an inmate at MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole. Kevin L. Barron was accused of trying to smuggle the drug to a client after correction officers performed a routine search as he visited the prison two years ago and found small packets containing 4.8 grams of heroin hidden in a package he was carrying. Judge Janet Sanders ruled Monday that prosecutors did not prove Barron knew there was heroin inside the package. ``I am innocent, and I would like to regain what was once a good reputation,'' Barron said told the Globe. In June, Gwen Foxworth, the mother of an inmate at the prison, pleaded guilty to inserting the heroin into three deep holes on the left side of a legal brief in the package, prosecutors said. Her fingerprints were found on the package, they said. Wolf Fevrier, Barron's client, who was accused of accepting $1,000 in exchange for providing Foxworth with Barron's address, also pleaded guilty to