Article: End of the Indian outbound story? ; The global credit crunch has sent yesterday's outbound heroes scurrying for funds to close their billion-dollar M&A transactions. India Inc.'s cross-border action has ebbed, for now.

October 2006: Tata Steel offers to buy British steelmaker Corus Group for $8.1 billion.

November 2006: Brazilian rival CSN makes a counter bid of $8.4 billion.

January 2007: Tata Steel outbids CSN and bags Corus for $11.3 billion.

February 2007: Suzlon Energy makes a $1.33 billion counter bid for Germany-based REpower Systems AG. Areva T & D of France increases its initial bid by bettering Suzlon's initial bid. April 2007: Suzlon ups its bid, allowing it to get control of REpower for around $1.55 billion.

September 2008: Infosys makes a bid for acquiring consulting major Axon of the UK for $748 million. Days later, domestic rival HCL Technologies gets into the fray with a counter offer ...

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