Howard Tubin

Canadian Stocks Rise as Europeans Agree to Closer Fiscal Union

Canadian stocks rose, paring a weekly decline, after European nations other than the U.K. agreed to adopt tougher budget rules to save the euro currency.

Ross’s 60%-Off Nikes Set to Overtake Gap With Thrifty Customers

Ross Stores Inc. is gaining on rivals as its 60 percent discounts on Calvin Klein shirts and Nike sneakers win customers seeking bargains amid a slowing economy.

U.S. Retailers Report Smallest Monthly Sales Increase Since November 2009

U.S. retailers reported the smallest increase in monthly sales since November, with teen-clothing retailers Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and Aeropostale Inc. dragging down results.

TJX Plans to Close A.J. Wright Stores, Cut 4,400 Positions, Most Part-Time

TJX Cos. plans to cut 4,400 jobs as it converts 91 A.J. Wright stores into T.J. Maxx, Marshalls or HomeGoods stores and closes the brand’s remaining 71 locations.

Aspen Technology, Jack in the Box, Mariner: U.S. Equity Movers

Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading. Stock symbols are in parenthesis, and prices are as of 1:45 p.m. in New York.

Lululemon Yoga-Wear Store Expansion `Disciplined' After Recession Lesson

Lululemon Athletica Inc. Chief Financial Officer John Currie credits the financial crisis for teaching the largest Canadian yoga-wear retailer where to open stores.

RBC Capital’s Tubin Discusses Lululemon Athletica: Audio

Howard Tubin, an equity analyst at RBC Capital Markets in New York, talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox and David Wilson about Lululemon Athletica Inc.

U.S. Stocks Increase a Day After the Biggest S&P 500 Advance Since July

U.S. stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index building on its biggest rally in almost two months, after retail sales improved, initial jobless claims fell and pending home sales unexpectedly increased.

U.S. Retailers' July Sales Trail Estimates on Spending Cuts

U.S. retailers reported July sales gains that missed analysts’ estimates as consumers cut spending ahead of the back-to-school season.

Aeropostale, TJX Sales Trail Analysts' Estimates as Consumers Cut Spending

Aeropostale Inc. , American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and TJX Cos. reported July sales that missed analysts’ estimates as consumers cut spending ahead of the back- to-school season.

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S&P 500 Rises on U.S. Optimism While Metals Fall on China

Lehman Reaches From Beyond Grave Seeking Millions

Jolie Has Double Mastectomy to Thwart Cancer Gene Risk

Pentagon Said to Furlough Up to 650,000 Civilian Workers

CIA Spy Caught in $1 Million Recruitment Sting, Russia Says