<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 23): Maybank Kim Eng analyst Ivan Yap upgraded the recommendation on VS Industry Bhd to hold from sell.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>* Price target (PT) set to 82 sen. VS Industry average PT is RM1.06.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>* VS Industry had 1 buy, 5 holds, 1 sell previously: Bloomberg data</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>* Analysts lowered their consensus one-year target price for the stock by 40 percent in the past three months. Forecasts range from 82 sen to RM1.45.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Performance Metrics</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>* Investors who followed Yap's recommendation would have received a negative 23 percent return in the past year, compared with the negative 65 percent return on the shares.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>* In the past one year and 11 months, Maybank has rated VS Industry sell once and buy once.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>* The shares fell 4.3 percent in the period rated sell and fell 36 percent in the period rated buy.</p></div>


Maybank Kim Eng analyst Ivan Yap upgraded the recommendation on VS Industry Bhd to hold from sell.

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<p>The police have confirmed receiving a report from Seputeh Member of Parliament (MP) Teresa Kok Suh Sim about a threatening letter she received on Saturday.</p>


<p>Didi Global Inc president Jean Liu is relinquishing her roles as president and board director of China’s ride-hailing giant after almost a decade in the positions, as the company tries to revive growth following a regulatory crackdown by the government.</p>


<p>Efforts to assist small and medium-sized Malaysian companies in expanding their overseas market penetration must be enhanced to put them in a more favourable position, according to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.</p>


<p>KUALA LUMPUR (May 19): The unity government condemns the actions of those who try to intimidate and threaten the safety of MPs in the country.</p>

<p>Unity government spokesman Fahmi Fadzil said such shameful action should not be directed at any MP, whether they are backbenchers or from the Op...

<p>Trade and investment will be the main focus for cooperation between Malaysia and Uzbekistan, following Pr</p>


<p>KUCHING (May 19): A mechanism to effectively control inflation must be established to ensure workers can fully benefit from any wage increase, said Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.</p>

<p>He said that any wage increase announced by the government or the private sector is meaning...

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<p>Jeff Bezos' space firm Blue Origin is scheduled on Sunday to launch its first crew of humans to the edge of space since the company's suborbital New Shepard rocket was grounded in 2022, resuming its space tourism business.</p>


<p>This year as Malaysia and China commemorate 50 years of diplomatic relations, enhanced collaboration, and cooperation between the two nations will prove beneficial. The potential for the strengthening of bilateral relations is most recently demonstrated by the numerous commercial agreements and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) worth billions of ringgit that both countries inked.&nbsp;</p>


<p>For more than a decade, the Malaysian government has been pushing commercial and residential properties to adopt renewable energy (RE) options such as solar power. The Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia was also set up in 2011 to help facilitate this mission. Today, while interest has picked up among commercial lots, many Malaysians still aren’t adopting it at home.</p>
