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The article reports that on March 24, 2014 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that analysis of satellite data indicated Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a plane that went missing during a flight from Malaysia to China earlier in the month, in all likelihood crashed into the southern Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people aboard. The data and analysis were provided by satellite operator Inmarsat PLC. Multiple countries continued the search for wreckage.

The article discusses the scheduled initial public offering (IPO) for Malaysian state-owned palm-oil business Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd. According to the article, the IPO was scheduled to list on the Malaysian stock exchange on June 28, 2012, and was slated to be the year's second-largest IPO at $3.2 billion. The article discusses the financial implications of the IPO for the Malaysian economy.

The article reports on the completion of the investigation by the Malaysian central bank on the debt-laden IMalaysia Development Bhd (IMDB) and its recommendation for "appropriate enforcement action."

The article reports on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's request for Prime Minister Najib Razak to explain a donation made to his personal account from an unnamed donor from the Middle East.

The article reports on the investigation conducted by the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission on the money deposited into Prime Minister Najib Razak's personal account in 2015.

The article reports that Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak appointed Zahid Hamidi as his deputy, replacing Muhyiddin Yassin who publicly criticized the government's closure of newspapers and the delays in the investigation into 1Malaysia Development Bhd, a state-investment fund.

The article reports that the Malaysian government ordered the suspension of two publications that have been reporting on the troubles faced by the debt-laden 1Malaysia Development Bhd., a state investment fund that is closely linked to Prime Minister Najib Razak.

The article reports that Malaysian authorities have ordered six bank accounts to be frozen in related to an investigation into alleged fund transfer to the accounts of Prime Minister, Najib Razak.

The article reports that Malaysia is planning to take diplomatic action in response to the Chinese Coast Guard's alleged intrusion into Malaysian waters north of Borneo.

The article reports on the announcement by Malaysia's central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, on June 3, 2015 that it has started an investigation into state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd. to see if it has the permission for offshore borrowings and foreign investments.

The article reports on a 2015 meeting of Southeast Asian leaders in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak did not take a harder line against Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea despite warnings by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.

The article reports on the arrest by Malaysian police of 12 suspects linked to the Islamic State terror group in April 2015.

The article reports that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are split in their stand about China's expanding footprint in the South China Sea.

This section offers news briefs in the global financial services industry as of April 7, 2015 including Bank of America's hiring of Michael Wise as vice chairman of global equity capital markets, Home Loan Servicing Solutions Ltd.'s decision to call off its proposed merger with New Residential Investment Corp., and Malakoff Corp.'s plan to launch an initial public offering to raise more than 800-million dollars.

The article reports that a Malaysian state-owned fund, 1Malaysia Development Bhd. (1MDB), has delayed payment on a $560 million loan for the second time to a group of Malaysian banks, focusing on 1MDB's appointment of a new chief executive in January 2015 and a list of 1MDB's lenders.

The article reports on the strategy employed by airline AirAsia to create a new market for budget travel in Asia under the leadership of chief executive officer (CEO) Tony Fernandes in 2014.

The article discusses revenue loss for Malaysian Airline System due to accidents with their aircraft in 2014, focusing on how the company will respond to the losses including cutbacks and going private.

The article discusses the restructuring of Malaysia Airlines as a means of recovery after the loss of two planes during 2014, focusing on a bailout by the Malaysian government that will take the company private.

The article reports that fighting and violence near the site of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash in Ukraine prohibited Australian and Dutch investigators from visiting the wreckage on July 27, 2014 with mention of U.S. and Ukraine officials' alleged evidence that pro-Russian separatists shot down the flight.

The article looks at the July 2014 crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, profiling family members of passengers who were waiting for news of their relatives at the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Amsterdam, Netherlands, airports and noting numerous AIDS researchers were on the flight.

The article discusses how three Malaysian banks including CIMB Group Holdings Bhd., RHB Capital Bhd., and Malaysia Building Society Bhd. are considering merging to create the country's largest lender, how it would impact shareholders, and the rising trend of banking acquisitions in Southeast Asia.

The article offers world news briefs as of June 2, 2014 on topics including the recovery of seven bodies from a helicopter crash in a lake in Russia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's urging for the shunning of the Palestinian unity government, and the freeing of two women abducted from a resort in Malaysia.

The article discusses the potential delay of the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean as officials try to negotiate with civilian contractors, focusing on the U.S. Navy's submersible drone, the Bluefin-21.

The article reports that Malaysia's Health Ministry has put 64 people in the village of Kampung Bintang Laut in Johor, following the death of a resident from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which he may have contacted during his trip to Saudi Arabia.

The article discusses the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and its work in recovering and analyzing data that had been deleted from a flight simulator which was taken from the home of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which went missing in March 2014.

The article reports that Malaysian and international law-enforcement officials claim it is unlikely that two Iranian men who boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with stolen passports, identified as Pouria Nourmohammadi Mehrdad and Delavar Seyed Mohammedreza, were involved in terrorism.

The article discusses efforts to locate Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 after its disappearance in March 2014, focusing on the challenges posed by conflicting radar reports of the plane's last known location.

The article discusses the impact that false leads have reportedly had on the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which apparently vanished in March 2014 after departing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia enroute to Beijing, China, focusing on several claims involving floating debris and oil slicks.

The article discusses a report which claims that an appeal's court in Malaysia has overturned the acquittal of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on a sodomy charge and sentenced him to five years in prison, focusing on the impact of the court's judgment on a March 23, 2014 state assembly by-election.

News briefs on corporations are presented including a plan by Malaysian energy industries firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd.to build a liquefied natural gas facility in Canada, business losses by the high technology industries firm HTC Corp. and a plan to build a candy factory in Malaysia by Hershey Co.

The article discusses a proposed liquefied-natural-gas project in British Columbia, and Malaysian energy company Petroliam Nasional BhD.'s plans to invest $20 billion in it.

The article reports that Malaysian state petroleum firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (Petronas) has made a bid to acquire the Canadian oil firm Progress Energy Resources Corp., following an initial rejection by Canadian government regulators on October 19, 2012.

World news briefs are presented as of October 29, 2012 including the bombing of a Catholic church in Nigeria, the election of the anti-austerity Social Democrats in Lithuania, and the arrest of two Malaysian citizens in Lebanon on suspicion of links to the al-Qaeda terrorist organization.

The article presents finance-related news briefs on several topics including initial public offerings for specialty-materials company Luxfer Holdings PLC and cable-television firm Astro Malaysia Holdings, and plans by financial firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to increase its number of employees in Brazil.

The article reports on the expectation by Malaysian investigators that the discovery of an aircraft debris at Reunion island, which came from the same type of aircraft as Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, will offer clues to solving the mysterious disappearance of the jet for more than one year.

The article offers world news briefs in 2015 including the death of Poland's richest man Jan Kulczyk, plight of French political party National Font members to oust its Chairman Jean-Marie Le Pen and the hope of former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin for 1Malaysia Development Bhd probe.

This section offers world news briefs as of April 17, 2015 including the graft charges filed against former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato, the shooting of an American woman in Pakistan, and the expansion of the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

The article discusses the cancellation of a planned merger between three Malaysian banks, CIMB Group Holdings Bhd., RHB Capital Bhd., and Malaysia Building Society Bhd., reportedly as a result of falling share prices and a lack of potential cost savings, focusing on Malaysia's economic conditions.

The article reports that the sharp drop in global oil prices can offer potential benefits for the economies of many Asian countries, citing countries including India and China which import significant amounts of oil and discussing fuel subsidy policies in India and Indonesia.

The article presents Asian news briefs as of September 8, 2014 on topics including coal shortages in India, the trial of a detained American in North Korea, and the investigation into the Malaysia Airlines flight 17 incident.

The article discusses the Malaysia Airlines firm which is reportedly considering cutting a quarter of its staff and ending flights to some cities in China and Europe as part of the aviation company's alleged corporate restructuring plan, focusing on the firm's loss of two aircraft in 2014.

The article looks at the July 2014 crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine, citing the March 2014 disappearance of another Malaysia Airlines flight and discussing the likely impact of the two incidents on the company's future business.

The article reports that the investment fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd., the largest shareholder in the airline Malaysia Airlines, is considering options to restructure and potentially privatize the airline following the loss of its Flight 370, which apparently disappeared on March 8, 2014.

The article reports that satellite images of a debris field in the southern Indian Ocean have provided investigators with a lead in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished in March 2014, according to Malaysia defense and transportation minister Hishammuddin Hussein.

News briefs on international finance are presented including the arrest of mutual fund manager Ma Le in China on insider trading of securities charges and the possibility the Malaysian firm Westports Holdings Bhd will go public.

The article reports on the decision of the Malaysian government not to allow Lynas Corp. to continue its construction of a rare-earth metal plant because of public safety concerns.

The article discusses the July 18, 2014 crash of a Malaysia Airlines commercial jet in Ukraine, killing all 298 people aboard. U.S. intelligence sources say either the Russian military or pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine fired the missile that brought the plane down. Russian President Vladimir Putin attributed the tragedy to violence in eastern Ukraine that he blamed the Ukrainian government for. U.S. President Barack Obama emphasized the need for Ukraine to secure the crash site.

The article reports that the black boxes on the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 that crashed in Ukraine on July 17, 2014 are older versions and therefore are likely to provide limited information for the investigation into the crash.

The article looks at the status of the investigation into the July 2014 crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine, noting that Netherlands is leading the investigation and discussing difficulties related to the conflict between Russian-backed rebels and the Ukrainian government in the area.