Peter Whoriskey
Peter Whoriskey
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Peter Whoriskey is a staff writer for The Washington Post covering unemployment issues, manufacturing and the auto industry. He began covering national business news, and the recession, after covering Hurricane Katrina as the Post's Southern bureau chief.

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Record heat points to longer-term climate issues

Record heat points to longer-term climate issues

Peter Whoriskey

Thousands of dead fish in the hot Des Moines River, dry wells and a parched corn crop are just a few symptoms.

Medicare overspending on anemia drug

Medicare overspending on anemia drug

Peter Whoriskey

The U.S. health-care system is vastly overspending for a single anemia drug because Medicare overestimates its use by hundreds of millions of dollars a year, according to an analysis of federal data.

U.S. added 163,000 jobs in July; unemployment rate rate at 8.3 percent

U.S. added 163,000 jobs in July; unemployment rate rate at 8.3 percent

Peter Whoriskey

The increase was seen as a promising sign after three straight months of disappointing job gains, but the Labor Dept. reported the unemployment rate “essentially unchanged.”

Job growth appears to be ‘moving sideways’

Job growth appears to be ‘moving sideways’

Peter Whoriskey

With the labor force growing about the same rate as payrolls, little change in the rate of unemployment is expected in Friday’s report, economists say.

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