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Emily Thornton

Emily Thornton

Emily Thornton is a senior writer for BusinessWeek. Previously, she was an associate editor, investment banking editor, and Tokyo correspondent. Before BusinessWeek, she was a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review based in Hong Kong. Prior to that, she was a Tokyo correspondent for Fortune. A Loeb Award and Business Journalist of the Year finalist, she has twice won awards for feature writing from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Thornton is a graduate of Princeton University. She is also a 2000 executive MBA graduate of Temple University.

Recent Articles by Emily Thornton

December 9, 2009

Can KKR Make Like Berkshire Hathaway?

It's difficult to believe that Henry Kravis could suffer from portfolio envy. The private equity titan and co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KFN) is famous for ...

October 9, 2009

Toys 'R' Us Gets Wound Up Again

When a trio of private equity buyers snapped up Toys "R" Us in 2005, many predicted the retailer wouldn't survive. With cutthroat competition in the toy world, some ...

September 10, 2009

Six Sigma Makes a Comeback

Here's one more reason why the world may face a jobless recovery: Six Sigma. In an attempt to boost earnings without putting more people on the payroll, companies are ...

August 27, 2009

Drug, Biotech Research Spending Hangs Tough

Corporate America's research spending shrank 4% overall, or $1.9 billion, from the fourth quarter of 2007 through the second quarter of this year, according to data ...

March 17, 2009

The Issue: More Effective Pharmaceutical Research

When Pfizer CEO Jeffrey B. Kindler first tried to recruit Corey Goodman to lead the company's San Francisco-based Biotherapeutics and Bioinnovations Center in the ...

March 4, 2009

Corporate Cash: Big Stockpiles for Tough Times

At a time when the economy is experiencing its steepest drop-off since the depths of the 1982 recession, it's perhaps not surprising that cash is the new black at big ...