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Best airfares found 6 weeks before trip
Even when buying airline tickets, timing is everything.
Passengers can get the lowest airfares if they buy six weeks before their flight, according to a study by Airlines Reporting Corp., an Arlington, Va., company that handles ticketing transactions between the nations airlines and travel agents.
The study looked at millions of transactions for airline tickets over the last four years and found that passengers pay the lowest price, nearly 6 percent below the overall average fare, if they buy six weeks before their flight.
The study also showed that ticket prices begin to soar dramatically about a week before the day of travel, and can rise nearly 40 percent above the average price if passengers buy the ticket on the day of the flight.
Were not advising people to purchase tickets only at this time during the cycle as there is no guarantee they will receive the lowest price of the year, said Chuck Thackston, managing director of data and analytics for the firm. It is just that the data indicates we have seen this pattern over the last four years.
Wi-Fi helps lift airlines revenue
There is a good reason why the nations airlines are moving quickly to make wireless Internet an increasingly common onboard service, along with drinks, food and movies: It generates more revenue from fees.
Onboard Wi-Fi use grew from 4 percent in 2010 to 7 percent last year, and is expected to generate up to $1.5 billion annually by 2015, according to a study by In-Stat, an Arizona market analysis company.
About 45 percent of the nations commercial air fleet is equipped with in-flight wireless Internet, with several airlines, including Virgin America and AirTran, offering the service fleetwide, according to In-Stat.
The nations airlines collected about $155 million in 2011 from charges to use onboard Internet and are expected to collect $225 million this year, said Amy Cravens, a senior analyst for In-Stat.
As onboard Wi-Fi spreads throughout the industry, the study suggests, airlines will find more ways to make money from it, including new fees for Internet phone calls and video chatting from 35,000 feet in the air.
The future of in-flight Wi-Fi will be less about convincing airlines of the merit and more about leveraging the network to provide a broader breadth of services, Cravens said.
Scanners may get more testing
The full-body scanners used at more than 100 airports nationwide have been tested for safety by federal agencies, but the Transportation Security Administration says it is willing to conduct additional tests to address ongoing safety fears about the radiation emitted by the machines.
In the last three months, TSA chief John Pistole has changed his position — twice — on whether new tests are needed.
But TSA spokesman Greg Soule said Pistole is now open to conducting new tests.
TSA is committed to working with Congress to explore options for an additional study to further prove these machines are safe for all passengers, Soule said. There was no word from the TSA on when or who would conduct such tests if they are performed.
The safety of the scanners came up when the TSA recently issued a request for information from government vendors about the purchase of wearable dosimeters — devices that can measure radiation exposure.
To ensure that its employees are provided safe and healthful working environments, the document said, the TSA is planning to perform radiation measurement using personal and area dosimeters at selected federalized airports.
British skier treks across Antarctica
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina –British adventurer Felicity Aston completed her crossing of Antarctica on Monday, becoming the first woman to ski across the icy continent alone.
She did it in 59 days, pulling two sledges for 1,084 miles from her starting point on the Leverett Glacier on Nov. 25.
!!!Congratulations to the 1st female to traverse Antarctica SOLO.V proud, her Twitter message said.
She announced her achievement from Hercules Inlet on Antarcticas Ronne Ice Shelf, where she waited alone in her tent for bad weather to clear so that a small plane could pick her up and take her to a base camp. Other expeditions also have gathered there, preparing for the summers last flight off the continent.
Aston also set another record: the first human to ski solo, across Antarctica, using only her own muscle power. A male-female team already combined to ski across Antarctica without kites or machines to pull them across, but Aston is the first to do this alone.
Australia sees third shark attack of 2012
SYDNEY –A snorkeling guide was attacked by a 10-foot tiger shark off a remote beach in Australias third attack this month. Thats as many attacks as the country generally sees in an entire year.
David Pickering, 26, was leading a group of snorkelers through a lagoon at Western Australias Coral Bay when the shark swam up to him and sunk its teeth into his arm.
I turned around and boom, there he was, Pickering told reporters. (The force) was enough to actually bring me forward and under him because I scraped my knee on his belly.
Pickering said he punched the shark with his other arm and it backed off. He then yelled at the other snorkelers — a couple and their two children — to get out of the water before swimming the 300 feet back to shore.
Im pretty stoked that it happened to me and not one of those kids, he said.
Pickering was taken to a hospital in Perth with severe lacerations to his arm. His injuries were not life-threatening and he was in stable condition, Royal Flying Doctor Service spokeswoman Joanne Hill said.
The attack came one day after a surfer was bitten by a shark at a beach off Australias east coast. Another surfer was attacked at a beach north of Sydney on Jan. 3.
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Posted: February 4th, 2012 under Uncategorized - No Comments. Tags: Travel
Cassidy: Silicon Valley refugees travel the world to find their way home
of and developed in Silicon Valley and other tech hot houses have been vital to the Demants untethered lifestyle.
I actually feel like Im closer to my parents these last two years, Jason Demant, 28, says of his folks who live in Folsom. Weve made it a ritual to make Skype video calls every week. When I lived three hours away, we never did.
For the past year, the couple has been more settled. After traveling to the United States to get married in February, Sharon took a job teaching English in Seoul while Jason built and ran Unanchor, a website that sells short travel guides written by residents of tourist destinations. He uses Google Voice to field calls and Craigslist to recruit writers. He found a company cofounder on a cloud-based spreadsheet set up to connect startup founders with entrepreneurs who complement their skill sets. He lives on email and, obviously, relies on the Internet to market his business and sell the travel guides, splitting the proceeds with the guides authors.
The Demants represent globalization on a micro-level. Blogger Lea Woodward calls the Demants lifestyle location independent, the state of being able to work from anywhere. And while exact numbers are elusive, Woodward, whos been writing about location independence since 2007, says the trend appears to be growing.
Not only can you run your business online, you can run your life online, Woodward said by email from her home in England. Travelers can now receive scanned snail mail through the Web. They can be paid online and do their banking on the Internet. And when it comes to running a business, the world has been turned upside down.
You can run an online business, which costs less than $50 a month to run and requires nothing but a laptop and a raft of online services, Woodward wrote. This levels the playing field like nothing else in history.
Still, the bottom line is that work is work and that launching a business is still a leap of faith. Jason says Unanchor is not yet making enough money to support him and so he will be looking for a job when he and Sharon return to San Francisco next month. Sharon says shes interested in continuing to teach and shes applied for the Teach for America program. Oh, and Sharon, who was the less enthusiastic at the beginning of the Demants excellent adventure, is ready to return to the United States.
To be honest, Im pretty stoked, she said. I always knew I wanted to live back home. Even though we love living in Korea and the lifestyle is amazing, I really miss the family and friends back home.
Jason says the coming move is bittersweet. The couple has made friends in Korea and Demant is fascinated with the potential of Koreas growing startup culture. But he looks forward to certain advantages in the United States that he was reminded of when he and Sharon visited California for their wedding.
Being able to know that when I walk into a store that I can communicate with someone, he says. Its so nice to be able to ask a question about something and know that Ill be able to understand the answer.
It is not so much that being location independent wasnt for them, more like it was never meant to be forever. And no doubt others will follow the Demants path, learning their own lessons before finding that theyve discovered the place where they were always meant to be.
Contact Mike Cassidy at mcassidy@mercurynews.com or 408-920-5536. Follow him at Twitter.com/mikecassidy.
Posted: February 3rd, 2012 under Uncategorized - No Comments. Tags: Travel
Officials recommend alternate travel routes following bridge disaster
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Kentucky State Police
officials are recommending two routes for motorists wanting to
travel east-west around Eggners Ferry Bridge.
With US 68/Ky. 80 closed down due to the bridge collapse, KTC and
KSP officials Friday request that motorist who normally travel
westbound on US 68 through the Land between the Lakes to avoid LBL
and Ky. 453 or “The Trace” as well as US 68.
Posted: February 3rd, 2012 under Uncategorized - No Comments. Tags: Travel
Migrant education moves to Magic Valley
After arriving in Twin Falls 2 1/2 years ago, migrant worker Jose Juan Gutierrez didnt know where to find services for his family.
He works 12-hour days at a farm outside the city while his wife, Claudia, cares for their four children. When seasonal work is done here, hes on the move, looking for another job.
Its a lifestyle thats taken the family around Mexico, California and now, Idaho. And it has taken its toll on the children.
Patti ODell, associate superintendent for the Twin Falls School District, says students of migrant workers are among Idahos most at-risk student populations since their education is frequently interrupted.
Sometimes we lose kids along the way, she said.
Although following the work has been a struggle for the Gutierrez family, theyve been able to receive services through the school districts migrant education program. Migrant liaisons helped the family get a computer its two school-aged children use for their school work. The children also receive extra academic help and tutoring.
While families who qualify for migrant services are connected with community resources ranging from food and medical assistance to translation services, meeting strict federal mandates isnt easy.
And despite Twin Falls growing population of migrant students, ODell says many people remain unaware of their presence in the community.
About 261 migrant students enrolled at Twin Falls public schools during the 2010-11 school year. That ranked the district third in the state, behind only Vallivue (in Caldwell) and Cassia County districts.
There arent quite as many students enrolled now in Twin Falls — about 144 — since its not the peak agricultural season.
The largest population of Twin Falls migrant students, 63, attends Oregon Trail Elementary School. Thats mainly because two migrant housing complexes — El Milagro and Colonia de Colores — are in the southern Twin Falls schools attendance area.
The school is also the home base from which Abby Montano, district migrant liaison coordinator, travels to work with students and their families at different elementary schools.
For decades, TFSD had only one liaison. This year, though, that changed. The district added middle school liaison Vicky Fajardo and high school liaison Lucinda Padilla. ODell says their addition has allowed services to be more focused toward each school level.
Its making a difference already, she said.
Funding for the new positions came from federal migrant education money. This year, the district is receiving $187,106.
The Gutierrez family lives in a small brick apartment in the Colonia de Colores migrant housing project, only minutes from Oregon Trail Elementary.
On a recent morning while both parents were home, Claudia bounced 11-month-old Agustine on her lap while 4-year-old Eduardo played a game. The two older children — Jose Jesus, 15, and Melissa, 13 — were at school.
Claudia and Jose Juan Gutierrez, who speak Spanish as their primary language, shared their thoughts on the migrant student program through Padillas interpretation.
Claudia says shes grateful for the program and its helped the family while they were struggling. Although moving for work is hard on her children, theyre strong enough to adapt and find friends. Its a little harder for them to keep their grades up, though, she said.
The older children like to play sports, but cant join any teams since their father is the only one who has access to a car. Plus, its hard to find enough money to pay for activity fees.
Padilla knows firsthand about the challenges migrant families face. As a child, her family traveled from their hometown in Texas for seasonal work. They moved to different states, including Idaho for the potato harvest.
In Murtaugh, migrant students make up about 20 percent of students enrolled in the 250-student school district.
Superintendent Michele Capps said the number of students receiving services, though, has started to drop.
Our percentage used to actually be a lot higher, she said.
Now, a lot of families dont qualify for services since theyre choosing to settle in one location.
Migrant funds are really restrictive, ODell said. Liaisons talk to families to determine whether their children qualify for migrant status.
The Idaho State Department of Education defines a migrant student as a child who is, or whose parent, spouse or guardian is, a migratory agricultural worker or a migratory fisher who, in the preceding 36 months, in order to accompany or join such parent, spouse, or guardian who is a migratory agricultural worker or a migratory fisher has moved from one school district or another.
In Jerome, the pre-recession number of migrant students was on the decline, as steady work was more readily available. But that trend started to change in 2007.
We saw some increased mobility due to the economy, said Clark Muscat, federal programs director for the Jerome School District.
The district currently has about 90 enrolled migrant students and only one migrant liaison. But the state funds one regional liaison, based in Jerome, who works with nine area school districts.
In order to help manage the caseload, Jerome School District has a designated manager for migrant students at each of its schools.
Part of their responsibility is to be aware of the migrant students in their building and to manage those extra points of support they may need, Muscat said.
The goal of migrant student programs is to make sure students needs are met, whether academic or otherwise.
We want migrant students to have every opportunity that a regular student has, ODell said.
Christine Brown, federal programs director for the Cassia County School District, said the first step is to make sure students basic needs are taken care of, such as having warm clothing and school supplies.
The next step is to work with students to meet their educational needs. The school district, like many others, offers preschool, summer school and after-school programs.
Recently, we started purchasing bilingual preschool materials to help them be a little more prepared for when they start school, Brown said.
As migrant students progress through the grades, services are tailored accordingly.
In the Twin Falls School District, for instance, federal migrant money has been used to fund high school students college visits.
A lot of students didnt know they could continue their education, Padilla said. Now, theyre getting more excited.
One challenge, ODell says, is that parents of migrants students often dont speak English fluently, and thus struggle to help their children with homework or college applications.
Its a familiar situation for the Guzman family, which includes four children enrolled in Twin Falls schools. Both parents are agricultural workers.
Lizabeth, 16 and Jose, 15, go to Canyon Ridge High School. Miguel, who turns 13 this month, attends Robert Stuart Middle School and Chelsea, 8, goes to Oregon Trail Elementary.
Their mother, Bertha Guzman, has worked for Seneca Food Corp. in Buhl for 15 years. She said the migrant program has been a great help for her family. Liaisons make sure her children arent falling behind in school.
Her youngest daughter, Chelsea, is reading now. At her home near Oregon Trail Elementary, Guzman pulled out a folder with her daughters work, including handwritten vocabulary words.
Padilla is helping Guzmans older children think about future opportunities such as college.
Its an opportunity Guzman didnt have. In addition to working for Seneca, she also worked in bean fields for 14 years, but didnt get called back this year. Now, shes unemployed, but recently applied for a job at the Chobani Greek yogurt production plant coming to Twin Falls.
Guzman says strong family ties keep her going. Her oldest daughter, Lizabeth, has helped with tasks such as laundry since she was a child. Her son Miguel loves cooking dinner for the family — especially enchiladas.
And Guzman is committed to helping her children get a good education __ the primary goal of the migrant education program.
The only way to break the cycle of poverty in America is education, ODell said.
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Information from: The Times-News, http://www.magicvalley.com
Posted: February 3rd, 2012 under Uncategorized - No Comments. Tags: Education
College presidents wary of Obama’s cost-control tuition plan
President Obamas new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach. Particularly sharp words came from the presidents of public universities; theyre already frustrated by increasing state budget cuts. The reality, said Illinois States Al Bowman, is that simple changes cannot easily overcome deficits at many public schools. He said he was happy to hear Obama, in a speech Friday at the University of Michigan, urge state-level support of public universities. But, Bowman said, given the decreases in state aid, tying federal support to tuition prices is a product of fuzzy math. Illinois has lowered public support for higher education by about one-third over the past decade when adjusted for inflation. Illinois State, with 21,000 students, has raised tuition almost 47 percent since 2007, from $6,150 a year for an in-state undergraduate student to $9,030. Most people, including the president, assume if universities were simply more efficient they would be able to operate with much smaller state subsidies, and I believe there are certainly efficiency gains that can be realized, Bowman said. But they pale in comparison to the loss in state support. Bowman said the undergraduate experience can be made cheaper, but there are trade-offs. You could hire mostly part-time, adjunct faculty. You could teach in much larger lecture halls, but the things that would allow you achieve the greatest levels of efficiency would dilute the product and would make it something I wouldnt be willing to be part of, he said. At the University of Washington, President Mike Young said Obama showed he did not understand how the budgets of public universities work. Young said the total cost to educate college students in his state, which is paid for by both tuition and state government dollars, has gone down because of efficiencies on campus. While universities are tightening costs, the state is cutting their subsidies and authorizing tuition increases to make up for the loss. They really should know better, Young said. This really is political theater of the worst sort. Obamas plan would need approval by Congress, a hard sell in an atmosphere of partisan gridlock. In his State of the Union address Tuesday, Obama described meeting with university presidents who explained how some schools curtailed costs through technology and redesigning courses to help students finish more quickly. He said more schools need to take such steps. Obama said at Michigan that higher education has become an imperative for success in America, but the cost has grown unrealistic for too many families and the debt burden unbearable. He said states should properly fund colleges and universities. We are putting colleges on notice, Obama told an arena packed with cheering students. You cant assume that youll just jack up tuition every single year. If you cant stop tuition from going up, then the funding you get from taxpayers each year will go down. Obama is targeting only a small part of the financial aid picture: the $3 billion known as campus-based aid that flows through college administrators to students. He is proposing to increase that amount to $10 billion and change how it is distributed to reward schools that hold down costs and ensure that more poor students complete their education. The bulk of the more than $140 billion in federal grants and loans goes directly to students and would not be affected. The average in-state tuition and fees at four-year public colleges this school year rose 8.3 percent and with room and board now exceed $17,000 a year, according to the College Board. Rising tuition costs have been attributed to a variety of factors, among them a decline in state dollars and competition for the best facilities and professors. Critics say some higher education institutions are attempting to wait out the economic downturn and have been too reluctant to make large-scale changes that would cut costs such as offering three-year degree programs. The federal governments leverage to take on the rising cost of college is limited because higher education is decentralized, with most student aid following the student. The response to Obamas plan wasnt all negative. Many university presidents said they welcome a conversation about making college more affordable and efficient. In Missouri, where Gov. Jay Nixon has proposed a 12.5 percent funding cut for higher education in the coming fiscal year, Obamas proposal could put even more pressure on public colleges and universities to limit tuition increases. By state law, schools must limit such increases to the annual inflation rate unless they receive permission for larger ones. Nixon has warned schools that he doesnt want to see a tuition increase of more than 3 percent, the latest Consumer Price Index increase. The presidents message isnt inconsistent with the agenda that weve been pursuing here in Missouri, said Paul Wagner, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Higher Education. Its good to see him put the focus on the same things. Obama also wants to create a Race to the Top competition in higher education similar to the one his administration used on lower grades. He wants to encourage states to make better use of higher education dollars in exchange for $1 billion in prize money. Obama is also pushing for more tools to help students determine which colleges and universities have the best value.
Posted: February 3rd, 2012 under Uncategorized - No Comments. Tags: Education
Education highlighted for foster youths
More than 110 foster youth from Tulare and Kings County high schools this morning are expected to attend an education seminar highlighting the benefits of post high school studies.
The fifth-annual Access to Higher Education Summit, a joint-sponsored event, provides educational resources for high school students who are in the foster-care system.
Organizers of the event say the summit is designed to encourage foster youth to consider a college education.
The event is 9 am to 3 pm at the College of the Sequoias.
Students will attend workshops on college financial aid and Assembly Bill 12, a law which extends eligibility benefits of foster care to the age of 21.
Representatives from 13 California colleges, universities and programs supporting former foster youth will also be on hand for a resource fair.
Robert Urtecho, COSs dean of science, mathematics and engineering, will jump-start the day-long summit with an address to the audience.
Former foster youth Dee Hankins will serve as the summits keynote speaker.
Hankins, after stops in 12 foster homes, went on to create Win Your Challenges, a motivational system he developed that provides a step-by-step rubric of how to reach goals.
It is rewarding to see how everyone works together so well to create this opportunity for our foster youth, said Jim Vidak, Tulare County superintendent of schools.
The summit was modeled after a similar program developed by Leonard Edwards, a retired Santa Clara County Superior Court judge.
The event is put on by the Tulare County Office of Education, College of the Sequoias, Tulare County Superior Court, Court-Appointed Special Advocates of Tulare County and the Tulare County Independent Living Program.
The Friends of Tulare County and the Walter S. Johnson Foundation provided additional funding for the summit.
Posted: February 2nd, 2012 under Uncategorized - No Comments. Tags: Education
Cajuns Travel to Monroe to Take On Warhawks
Louisianas Ragin Cajuns will look to get over the .500 mark on the season and at the same time, keep pace in the Sun Belt West race when they travel to Monroe to take on the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks.
Posted: February 2nd, 2012 under Uncategorized - No Comments. Tags: Travel
Louisiana’s new education chief visits Bossier school
John C. White, Louisianas newly appointed Superintendent of Education, speaks with 7th-grader Michael Norris during a recent visit to Cope Middle School. In the background is principal Judy Grooms. / Jim Hudelson/The Times
Posted: February 2nd, 2012 under Uncategorized - No Comments. Tags: Education
Gov. Jindal eyes education overhaul
Citing recent progress in infrastructure, employment and ethics-related bills in the legislature, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is now focusing his efforts to improve public education with significant reform proposals.
Its a topic – buoyed by declining school test scores – that has initiated comprehensive structural changes in several states, with many more eyeing the developments.
Speaking at the Louisiana Press Association luncheon in West Monroe Thursday, Jindal, recently sworn in for his second term, said childrens future and the economic prosperity of the state are at stake.
The way forward is for more choices. Our children grow up only once, Jindal said.
A contingent of representatives from Bastrop attended the luncheon, including Morehouse Police Jury President Terry Matthews, Bastrop-Morehouse Chamber of Commerce Director Dorothy Ford and its board of directors president, the Rev. Chad Ballard.
They, along with about 500 guests, heard Jindal speak on three basic educational areas his administration is focusing on revamping, including:
* Fostering equal educational opportunities for families.
* Re-assessing teacher effectiveness and salaries.
* Enabling school-system administrators to spend tax dollars in innovative, effective ways on the local level.
Jindal cited previous speeches by members of Congress and President Obama that emphasize that its the right of all children to receive a quality education – and not one predicated on race, background or zip code.
Many families move to locations where the schools are good, others send their children to private schools. Good for them, he said. But the reality is that too many families dont have those choices because they cant afford to relocate. Parents should not be trapped in a (poor performing) school district.
In response, the governor wants the legislature to give families more access to school vouchers, the formation of more charter schools, more business, online and university-led courses, and a loosening of restrictions that inhibit families ability to transfer to other districts.
He spoke at length about studies that have revealed how much the impact of a teacher can make or break a students future and aggregate income level.
According to studies, an effective fourth-grade teacher can affect whether a student goes on to college and decrease the chances of teenage pregnancies, he said.
He said more efforts are needed to eliminate the gratuitous bureaucratic paperwork that teachers tackle every school year.
Making structural changes that could replace less effective teachers with proven quality teachers is likely to draw criticism from teachers unions due to the current tenure policy, Jindal acknowledged.
Some will argue for the status quo, but now is the time to realize the need for change, he said.
With regards to localizing decision-making, Jindal said that while there are school districts facing problems, the ones that are working well in both flourishing areas and in impoverished areas all have one common denominator. They are innovative.
We must do what we can so schools can do more independently, including giving them flexibility, Jindal said.
Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Uncategorized - No Comments. Tags: Education
American Standard Appoints Jay D. Gould As President & Chief Executive Officer
PISCATAWAY, NJ — The Board of Directors of American Standard Brands today announced the appointment of Jay D. Gould as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a leading North American manufacturer of branded bath and kitchen products serving both the residential and commercial markets, including the new construction and remodeling markets.
We are excited to have Jay take the helm of American Standard, said Tom Taylor, Chairman of the Board of Directors. He brings tremendous experience in enhancing companies leading market positions and creating value by leading with a focus on growth, innovation and brand development.
Before joining American Standard, Gould was President of the Home Family Group of Newell Rubbermaid. Taking an innovative, consumer-driven approach to building demand, he significantly increased revenues for the companys Levolor, Calphalon, Rubbermaid and Graco brands throughout the economic downturn. Prior to Newell Rubbermaid, Gould held senior executive roles at The Campbell Soup Company, The Coca-Cola Company, and General Mills, Inc., where he helped drive the growth of world class brands such as Coca-Cola, Pepperidge Farm and Minute Maid.
American Standard is an iconic brand with tremendous potential to inspire do-it-yourself consumers and to partner with professionals, said Gould. The Company successfully weathered the challenging business environment over the past several years, emerging as an even stronger business and now prepares for a more assertive growth agenda. That agenda will certainly build on American Standards heritage of products with great design and industry-leading performance.
Gould succeeds Don Devine, who led the successful turnaround of American Standard Brands and is leaving the Company to pursue other interests. Under his leadership, the Company completed the strategic mergers of American Standard, Crane Plumbing, Eljer Plumbing, Safety Tubs and Decorative Panels International. The turnaround effort resulted in sustained profitability and a new capital structure for the Company.
While Don has done an outstanding job in building and repositioning the company, Jay will lead the next phase of the Companys development, which will focus on growth, Taylor said.
About American Standard Brands
American Standard Brands is a leading North American manufacturer of a wide range of high-quality building products, including faucets, fixtures, furniture, vitreous china fixtures, cast iron sinks, whirlpool tubs and other wellness products for the bath and kitchen as well as decorative panels. The company currently offers total project solutions for residential and commercial customers; employs more than 5,000 people in the United States, Canada and Mexico; and markets products under well known and respected brands, such as American Standardreg;, Jadoreg;, Porcherreg;, Safety Tubsreg;, Cranereg;, Eljerreg;, Fiatreg; and Decorative Panels Internationalreg;. American Standard Brands is an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners. For more information, visit www.americanstandard.com.
Posted: January 31st, 2012 under Uncategorized - No Comments. Tags: Home & Family