TEXTRON

TEXTRON agreed to sell its Avco Financial Services unit to Associates First Capital Corp. of Dallas for $3.9 billion. Net after-tax proceeds will be about $2.9 billion, which will be used for acquisitions and share buyback programs. AFS accounted for $1.9 billion in revenues in 1997, 18 percent of...

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