SYDNEY, Mar. 3--AsiaNet/Infoquest SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE... MONTREAL - Alcan Inc. announced that the Alcan Prize forSustainability Conference is successfully facilitating theexchange of best practices for the development of globalsustainability initiatives. http://www.alcan.com MODEL UN... BEIJING - More than 300 middle and high school students fromall across China will step into the shoes of United Nationsambassadors to debate and resolve current issues at the PekingUniversity National Model UN (PKUMUN) Conference for HighSchool Students, a Global Classrooms program sponsored by theUnited Nations Association of the United States of America(UNA-USA) and Merrill Lynch. http://www.unausa.org http://volunteer.ml.com INVESTMENT SURVEY... CHICAGO, Ill. - Chicago reigns as "Top Metro" for 2005 inSite Selection magazine's annual business investment survey ofAmerican cities. http://www.worldbusinesschicago.com http://www.siteselection.com SOFTWARE AGREEMENT... FORT MYERS, Fla. - Harvey Software announces it has reachedan agreement with LeCroy Corporation in which LeCroy plans todeploy Harvey Software's new CPS shipping system forAsia-origin shippers at LeCroy's newest facility in Malaysia,where some of LeCroy's lower-priced products are nowmanufactured. http://www.harveysoft.com http://www.harveysoft.com http://www.lecroy.com EMPLOYMENT SURVEY... LOS ANGELES - Only five per cent of global executivessurveyed cite inadequate or inconsistent compensation as theprimary reason for leaving their last job, according to thelatest Executive Quiz from Korn/Ferry International, thepremier provider of executive search, outsourced recruiting andleadership development solutions. http://www.kornferry.com http://www.futurestep.com OVERSEAS ACQUISITION... MILWAUKEE - Brady Corporation, a world leader inidentification solutions and specialty materials, has announcedthat it has acquired Accidental Health & Safety Pty. Ltd., andits business unit Trafalgar First Aid Pty. Ltd., headquarteredin Australia. http://www.bradycorp.com http://www.afas.biz http://www.firstaid.com.au FOSSIL SAMPLES... BREMEN - An international team of scientists, supported bythe Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, reunited at theUniversity of Bremen to analyze a trove of coral fossil samplesretrieved from Tahitian waters during October and November2005. http://www.iodp.org http://www.ecord.org/exp/tahiti/310.html RADIOGRAPHY PRODUCTS... HERNDON - Vidar Systems Corporation, a leader in medicalimaging technology, has unveiled its new VIDAR VISION DigitalRadiography product line of full-featured, affordable DRsystems designed for all radiography environments. http://www.vidar.com http://www.filmdigitizer.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)