Weekend review on Sky, Home Retail Group, J Sainsbury, Slater & Gordon, Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group.

There is plenty to reflect on in the British business press this weekend.

First off, I note that the Financial Times has done a reverse ferret of its position on whether wiley old Rupert Murdoch will have another run at Sky.

Back on Tip TV talking about 21st Century Fox, Sky, Home Retail Group, Relypsa and Time Warner

Moose and Zak teamed up this week to interview me on the M&A market. Here is a link today's show:

http://www.tiptv.co.uk/finance/ma-update-speculation-surrounding-home-retail-group-corporate-activity-from-21st-century-fox-possible/

Sky's the limit - part 2

A lot has been made of the quote that James Murdoch gave to the Hollywood Reporter a few months ago.

Indeed, the quote appears to have triggered banker gossip - highlighted by the Financial Times yesterday - that perhaps the Murdochs/Fox are sellers of the 40pc stake in Sky.

Sky's the limit

Here's an interesting piece from FT hack Matthew Garrahan:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e3f8dd10-99a0-11e5-9228-87e603d47bdc,Authorised=false.html?siteedition=uk&_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fe3f8dd10-99a0-11e5-9228-87e603d47bdc.html%3Fsiteedition%3Duk&_i_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2F6666cd76f96956469e7be39d750cc7d9&classification=conditional_standard&iab=barrier-app#axzz3t430nWgs

Enders predicts Murdoch may bid for Sky, again...

Apologies for the lack of posts in the last 48 hours - I had to attend a few functions yesterday, including the Henley Royal Regatta. It was a fun event although the return train ride in a carriage whose air conditioning had broken down was not particularly pleasurable.

Anyway, I see that while I took a day off to enjoy a quintessentially British day out in Sahara-like conditions Enders Analysis, founded by Claire Enders, has been talking up the prospects of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox having another crack at Sky.

Sunday review on a Tuesday

Apologies for the delayed Sunday newspaper review Betavillers - I was away this weekend.

Anyway, I see that The Sunday Times business section was once again packed with several juicy deal-related scoops, including Oliver Shah's piece on Grainger and Crystal Amber, which was confirmed yesterday by the property company.