The email from the school nurse this week was polite but firm.“H1N1 is now widespread in New Jersey -- in every county ” it read. “Even though we’ve had no cases it’s time to plan ahead. Parents are still sending children to school sick. We want you to know that we will send them home -- no exceptions.”So much for the policy passed down lovingly by my own mother. It went something like this: Headache? Runny nose? Fever below 101? If you were alive and breathing you were going to school. Swine flu -- now reborn as the “hiney” ...

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are those of Aetna, Aflac, Avon, First Solar, LSI, Mylan, Newmont Mining, O’Reilly Automotive, P&G, and Symantec.

This summer has been especially hard on WB Mason which paid $545 000 in June to settle claims by the Massachusetts Attorney General that the paper company used accounting processes that removed credits from some of its customer accounts. The firm changed its systems and said it "vigorously denied any wrongdoing and remains confident today that it handled all customer accounts properly."In 2006 of course Dunder's scrappy Scranton office had an accounting scare of its own. Angela Martin the head of accounting and the most unlikely office seductress in all of corporate America had trouble balancing the books and ...

The office supply sector is in a tough spot and we take a look at which company is best weathering the financial storm.

Staples shares could see some upside in the near future.

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by TheFortuneFinancial.com.