LONDON (Reuters) - Britain asked on Monday for fresh regulatory advice over the bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to buy BSkyB, signalling it could be looking for a way out of approving the deal while a phone hacking scandal rages.
Shares in the British satellite firm slumped over 7 percent on Monday, after a similar fall on Friday, as politicians added to the pressure by demanding the government delay the bid and send it for a longer investigation at the Competition Commission.
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