SF Holding reported 1H revenue of 155.51 bln yuan and net profit of 5.50 bln yuan.

Reports say Toyota on the 27th asked parts suppliers to reduce raw-material costs and lower prices; Toyota said the request is not blanket and will be negotiated case-by-case. Toyota China said today the measures relate to Japan and do not affect China.

Foreign media reports and newly unsealed court filings and testimony show Rupert Murdoch has long sought to recombine Fox Corporation and News Corp and may pursue a future merger. In 2022 Murdoch, then chairman of both companies after splitting them less than 10 years earlier, drafted a letter to both boards saying the family trust would not "support any sale, merger or similar transaction involving parties other than the two companies." When a representative for his daughter Elisabeth questioned the plan, Murdoch allegedly texted: "If necessary, I'll push it through." A prior merger attempt failed amid investor opposition; June court proceedings indicate he may try again. At a hearing on whether to unseal testimony, Lachlan Murdoch's lawyer argued merger-related discussion should remain sealed or redacted because "this could still happen in the future and would open a new chapter."