Sydney--7 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ACHIEVO MERGES... SAN RAMON: Achievo Corporation, the leading global software and informationtechnology outsourcing provider with a local front-end and China back-endservice model, on Monday announced a definitive agreement to merge with BeijingBeifang Xinyu Information Technology Co., Ltd. http://www.achievo.com AHF CHALLENGES... NEW DELHI and LOS ANGELES: In a letter addressed to Chemical, Industrial &Pharmaceutical Laboratories President Yusuf Hamied, AIDS Healthcare Foundation,operator of free HIV AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin AmericaCaribbean and Asia -- including two in India (in Mysore and Kushtagi)criticised the company for its too-high domestic price for its generic versionof the HIV/AIDS drug tenofovir in India. BP CLOSES... ANCHORAGE: BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. has begun an orderly and phased shutdown of the Prudhoe Bay oil field following the discovery of unexpectedlysevere corrosion and a small spill from a Prudhoe Bay oil transit line. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000724/NYM120LOGO http://www.bp.com CHINA MEETS... HAMBURG: Along with important European politicians and businesses, a 40member delegation of high ranking business leaders are slated to attend HamburgSummit: China meets Europe from September 13-15, 2006 at the Hamburg Chamber ofCommerce and Industry. http://www.hk24.de http://www.hamburg-summit.com ACHIEVO APPOINTS... SAN RAMON: Achievo Corporation, the leading global software and informationtechnology outsourcing provider with a local front-end and China back-endservice model, announced on Monday the appointment of Dr. Vincent Lin to headthe Achievo Multinational Business Group, one of two new business units. http://www.achievo.com ACHIEVO ANNOUNCES... SAN RAMON: Achievo Corporation, the leading global software and informationtechnology outsourcing provider with a local front-end and China back-endservice model, announced on Monday that James C. Li, PhD has been named generalmanager of the Achievo Japan Business Group, a new business group that overseesall the Achievo divisions that are mainly involved in Japanese business. http://www.achievo.com ACHIEVO NAMES... SAN RAMON: Achievo Corporation, the leading global software and informationtechnology outsourcing provider with a local front-end and China back-endservice model, has announced that Raymond Tong has been named executive vicepresident of worldwide integration and transformation. http://www.achievo.com ANTIOXIDANTS LISTED... CONCORD: A newly published study provides a listing of the totalconcentration of antioxidants for more than 1,000 commonly consumed U.S. foodsand beverages. CAVICO BUILDS... LOS ANGELES and HANOI: Cavico Corporation, a Vietnamese company working inthe fields of infrastructure development, including the construction ofhydropower facilities, dams, bridges, roads, mines and urban buildingsthroughout Vietnam and the Pacific Rim, announced on Monday that four stateowned commercial banks will provide approximately VND6 trillion (US$375million) to fund the Dong Nai 3 and 4 hydropower complex. http://www.cavicovn.com NEW ZEALAND PARTNERSHIP... DES PLAINES: The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga oAotearoa and Endeavor Information Systems, one of the leading global providersof library management software, has announced a partnership to develop digitalrepository and preservation technologies capable of meeting the long-termdigital access and archiving needs of the National Library of New Zealand, aswell as other national libraries and institutions in the future. http://www.endinfosys.com http://www.elsevier.com http://www.reedelsevier.com http://www.natlib.govt.nz http://www.sun.com UNIVERSAL APPOINTS... UNIVERSAL CITY: Guillermo del Toro will direct Universal Pictures' "Hellboy2: The Golden Army," which will continue the exploits of the humanoid hero fromHell and his partners in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development. http://www.universalstudios.com BJORK-SHILEY REMOVES... CINCINNATI: Because of a risk of strut fracture that could result in deathor serious injury, all Bjork-Shiley Convexo-Concave Heart Valves were removedfrom the market by the manufacturer. http://www.bowling-pfizer.com FERRARI TOURS... RACINE: This Autumn, the Case IH brand will be displayed on a pair of theworld's most powerful and exotic automobiles as they traverse the WesternHemisphere. It's all part of the Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 -- an epic journeythat takes two new Ferraris through 16 countries and across 20,000 miles(32,000 km) during a 15-stage, 84-day tour. http://www.caseih.com http://www.ferrariworld.com http://www.media.ferrari.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)