Textron (TXT) May Spin-Off Some Parts After Activist Investors Interest

January 11, 2012 7:43 AM EST
Textron (NYSE: TXT) is initiated to open higher Wednesday following reports overnight from Reuters that the company is conducting a strategic review that could involve spinning off some of its parts.

Activist investor Ralph Whitworth's Relational Investors has been targeting the company as one that could use a change in strategy, although it is unclear if he has acquired a stake at this time.

It is also not know if Whitworth's poking around has prompted this review by Textron.


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