Stalked

I was looking at my Linked In profile the other day and noticed that somebody from GDF-Suez UK has been stalking me on the social network.

I'm not quite sure why I have been stalked but the last piece I wrote that involved the French group was about the company rekindling its interest in Canadian oil company Talisman Energy.

Game, set and match for Repsol?

Wow - Talisman Energy has leapt over 45pc in early trade after agreeing to a knockout $8.3 billion offer from Spain's Repsol.

The Spaniards must have been anxious to secure a deal with Talisman as they are paying $8 a share, which is considered by some market participants to be a much higher-than-expected offer price.

A sort of Sunday review

There has been lots of coverage in the last few days about Repsol's renewed interest in buying the ailing Canadian oil company Talisman Energy for up to $8 billion. Here is a link to a Financial Times piece: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c74867e-8202-11e4-a9bb-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3Ltzlu99D

If readers are casting about for other potential buyers of Talisman, I will remind you I wrote this piece for The Sunday Times back in October:

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/article1469913.ece