May 21/RNewswire-AsiaNetBRAZILIAN NEWS AVAILABLE... SAO PAULO: Agencia Estado, the Brazilian news agency, today announced the launch of AE Brazil.com - an web service delivering Brazilian financial, political and business news.ECONOMIC VALUE ENCOURAGED... NEW YORK CITY: Alcan's Richard Evans has told the International Aluminium Forum that the industry must transform "from an industry that has historically destroyed economic value to one that consistently creates - or better yet - maximises the creation of economic value."EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT... DEARBORN: Visteon Corporation today named Derek Fiebig as Director of Investor Relations.STAKEHOLDERS PROTECTED... BROOMFIELD: McDATA Corporation, the open storage network solution provider, said today that its new Stockholder Rights Plan would protect its stakeholders from unsolicited takeover bids.TOURISM SOARS IN INDOCHINA... BANGKOK: Circle Of Asia, the online travel consultant, today said that tourism in Indochina continues to explode with Thailand alone clocking up 9.5 million tourists for 2000.COMMUNICATIONS DEAL... LEESBURG: Iridium Satellite LLC, the communications company, has signed a deal with Western Australian company, Bareena Holdings, to develop markets in the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced today. SINGAPORE HACKERS BEWARE!... BOCA RATON: AlertSite, the hacker-detecting Internet monitor service, said today that a Singapore service would be available early June.TERTIARY EDUCATORS GATHER... KUCHING: The Sarawak Development Institute today announced that tertiary educators from around the world will gather in Sarawak in October for the inaugural South East Asian Association for Institutional Research (SEAAIR) Conference. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.com.au for full-text versions).