SYDNEY, Nov. 24--AsiaNet/InfoQuest POLE PARTY... VANCOUVER: A Pole Lot Of Fun Enterprises Inc. has taken astripper pole and put it together with a party package. www.apolelotoffun.com.au XBOX 360... EL SEGUNDO, Calif: A dissection of Microsoft's new Xbox 360Premium video-game console conducted by iSuppli Corp.'sTeardown Analysis Service indicates that IBM silicon is a keyfactor driving the cost and functionality of the product. www.isuppli.com AVNET ELECTRONICS... BEIJING: Avnet Electronics Marketing, the largest operatinggroup of Avnet, Inc., has joined forces with FreescaleSemiconductor to help Chinese consumer electronicsmanufacturers compete in an increasingly crowded market. www.em.avnet.com DISASTER CONTAINMENT... NEW YORK and TORONTO: Route1 has announced the SAFE RESPONSEsolution for proportional business continuity to lessen impactby worker quarantines and other disruptions stemming fromman-made and natural causes. JAPANESE WAGES... TOKYO: The average overall salary increase budget in Japanranged from 2.4 per cent to 2.9 per cent in 2005, and nocompany reported a salary freeze this year, according to theannual Asia-Pacific Salary Increase Survey conducted by HewittAssociates. www.hewitt.com MALAYSIAN WAGES... KUALA LUMPUR: The average overall salary increase budget inMalaysia ranged from 5.4 per cent to 6.1 per cent in 2005, andno companies reported a salary freeze this year, according tothe annual Asia-Pacific Salary Increase Survey conducted byHewitt Associates. www.hewitt.com PHILIPPINE WAGES... MANILA: The average overall salary increase budget in thePhilippines ranged from 7.2 per cent to 8.6 per cent in 2005,and few companies reported a salary freeze this year, accordingto the annual Asia-Pacific Salary Increase Survey conducted byHewitt Associates. www.hewitt.com KOREAN WAGES... SEOUL: The average overall salary increase budget in Korearanged from 6.5 per cent to 7 per cent in 2005, and fewcompanies reported a salary freeze this year, according to theannual Asia-Pacific Salary Increase Survey conducted by HewittAssociates. www.hewitt.com TAIWANESE WAGES... TAIPEI: The average overall salary increase budget in Taiwanranged from 3.8 per cent to 4.6 per cent in 2005, and nocompany reported a salary freeze this year, according to theannual Asia-Pacific Salary Increase Survey conducted by HewittAssociates. www.hewitt.com THAI WAGES... BANGKOK: The average overall salary increase budget inThailand ranged from 6.2 per cent to 6.4 per cent in 2005, andfew companies reported a salary freeze this year, according tothe annual Asia-Pacific Salary Increase Survey conducted byHewitt Associates. www.hewitt.com SINGAPOREAN WAGES... SINGAPORE: The average overall salary increase budget inSingapore ranged from 3.4 per cent to 4.3 per cent in 2005, andfew companies reported a salary freeze this year, according tothe annual Asia-Pacific Salary Increase Survey conducted byHewitt Associates. www.hewitt.com HARMONY LISTING... NEW YORK: The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. announced thatHarmony will dual list its ADRs on the NASDAQ National Marketand the NYSE. Harmony is the first South African company todual list its stock on NASDAQ and the NYSE. www.nasdaq.com JWT ANNOUNCEMENT... LONDON: Bob Jeffrey, Worldwide CEO and Chairman of JWT, thelargest advertising agency in the U.S. and fourth largest inthe world, announced that David Lamb is leaving the companyafter ten years to join a JWT client, Diamond Trading Company,as Worldwide Marketing Director. www.jwt.com ALCAN ACQUISITION... MONTREAL: Alcan Inc. announced that it has acquired theremaining 35 percent stake of Propack, the company's Chinesesubsidiary specialized in food flexible and pharmaceuticalpackaging. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PEPSICO PRESENTATION... PURCHASE, N.Y: PepsiCo, Inc. announced that President andChief Financial Officer Indra Nooyi will present at theJPMorgan Consumer & Retail Holiday Conference in New York at10:00 a.m. eastern time on Tuesday, November 29. www.pepsico.com ESSELTE GROUP... STAMFORD, Conn: Esselte Group Holdings AB (publ), a globaloffice supplies company, today announced the completion of thedivestiture of its DYMO labeling business to Newell Rubbermaid,a global marketer of consumer and commercial products, forapproximately $730 million. www.esselte.com MOZART DISCOVERIES... LANGENTHAL: In a hotel by the side of Lake Thun theMaggini-Foundation, of Langenthal in Switzerland, hasdiscovered two previously unknown Mozart pictures - a raredouble miniature painted on ivory. www.marriotthotels.com/zrhdt AVNET ELECTRONICS... BEIJING: Avnet Electronics Marketing, the largest operatinggroup of leading global distributor of electronic componentsand computer products, Avnet, Inc. announced it has been rankedNo. 11 in the China InformationWeek 100 list of the nation'sbest users of information technology. www.em.avnet.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)