Comcast's £22.1bn Sky takeover bid cleared by European Commission

US cable giant Comcast's £22.1bn takeover bid for Sky plc, the owner of Sky News, has been cleared unconditionally by the European Commission.The decision removes the last regulatory hurdle that stood before Comcast as the bidding war for Europe's largest pay-TV operator hots up.Sky's largest single shareholders, the US media giant 21st Century Fox, was last week given the go-ahead by the UK government to bid for Sky on the condition that it sells Sky News to another approved owner ahead o