Meena Thiruvengadam

GlobalPost

Meena Thiruvengadam is a GlobalPost breaking news writer based in Chicago. She previously covered the financial crisis and economic news for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal in Washington, D.C. She has traveled the world reporting on high-level financial meetings and has written for newspapers, magazines and websites across the U.S.

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Macro chatter: 14 hours of meetings later, Europe's got a plan

Around the world in business: European leaders have a plan for the continents banks, and US consumers are making more money. They just aren't spending it.

Macro chatter: 14 hours of meetings later, Europe's got a plan

Macro chatter: Japan shops, Brazil spends

Macro chatter: Japan shops, Brazil spends

US pending home sales rise in May

US pending home sales rise in May

Macro chatter: A little good news from the US and Italy

Macro chatter: A little good news from the US and Italy

Bomb explodes outside Tunisia consulate in Tripoli

Bomb explodes outside Tunisia consulate in Tripoli

Macro chatter: Sheryl Sandberg's big move

Around the world in business: More downgrades in Europe, and Sheryl Sandberg breaks the Facebook ceiling.

Macro chatter: Sheryl Sandberg's big move

Macro Chatter: The BRICs wobbly currencies

Around the world in business: The EU economic brain trust has a lot to talk about at this week's meeting, and money is losing its value in emerging markets.

Macro Chatter: The BRICs wobbly currencies

Meet Mugly, the new world's ugliest dog

Chinese Crested from the UK wins the latest World's Ugliest Dog contest.

Meet Mugly, the new world's ugliest dog

Guess who doesn't like Woody Allen films? Woody Allen

While promoting "To Rome with Love" the filmmaker said watching his own moves kind of makes him cringe.

Guess who doesn't like Woody Allen films? Woody Allen

Moody's cuts outlook for US muni debt

It's the flip side of Moody's big bank downgrades earlier this week.

Moody's cuts outlook for US muni debt

Macro chatter: Big bank downgrades and a rush to save the euro

Around the world in business: Moody's hits the world's largest banks with downgrades and time is running out to save the euro.

Macro chatter: Big bank downgrades and a rush to save the euro

New York Jets lower ticket prices

Expect to save at least $20 on certain seats.

New York Jets lower ticket prices

Macro chatter: Operation twist and facepalm

Around the world in business: The Fed keeps twisting, Europe keeps flailing and an American billionaire buys a piece of paradise.

Macro chatter: Operation twist and facepalm

Is Fidel Castro doing yoga?

Yoga can "defy the imagination," he wrote in one of his latest columns.

Is Fidel Castro doing yoga?

Macro chatter: The Fed as the Seven Samurai on fed day

Around the world in business: All eyes are on the US today, where the Federal Reserve will tell the world wether it'll twist or stand.

Macro chatter: The Fed as the Seven Samurai on fed day