Analysts React To Report of Textron-Bombardier Combo
Consolidation, earnings potential cited by equity analysts as reasons why a Textron acquisition of Bombardier's business jet unit makes sense.

Equity analysts offered their reasons why a Wall Street Journal report published yesterday that Textron is in talks with Bombardier to buy the Canadian airframer’s business jet unit could be valid. For their part, spokesmen from Bombardier and Textron declined to comment on the report that the companies have been talking for several weeks about Textron acquiring Bombardier’s Learjet, Challenger, and Global product lines. Mark Masluch of Bombardier and David Sylvestre of Textron told AIN that as a matter of policy neither company will “comment on market rumors.”