Hedge funds have suffered one of their worst setbacks in years, losing tens of millions of pounds by betting that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation was on the verge of taking full control of BSkyB. Short-term speculators expected to make a killing by investing in a company viewed as a prime bid target, but instead have seen shares in the satellite television company plunge. One trader said: "It's a bloodbath out there. The hedgies have dumped their holdings and some of them will be nursing big losses." With News Corp bowing to political pressure by abandoning its plan to take full control of BSkyB, more selling is ... (full story)