Sky pulls back in bid to buy Tiscali
22 Dec 2008 | by Dan Leahul
LONDON - BSkyB has stepped back to re-examine its £450m bid for the UK business of broadband provider Tiscali after talks stalled over the underlying value of the Italian firm.
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