A detailed report on what’s going on in the marketsAnalyst: Kristian CamenzuliThe markets have rallied in the last couple of weeks on optimism that the situation in the world will improve. But what’s worrying about .

For more than a decade, the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas producers led by Royal Dutch Shell Plc plotted how to move their $170 billion industry onto barges at sea to tap remote fields. Now .

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe’s second-biggest airline, will combine short-haul operations outside its main Frankfurt and Munich hubs with the Germanwings low-cost unit as part of a cost-reduction effort.The new unit will begin operations in January .

Apple Inc. surpassed $700 in late trading yesterday after announcing record first-day orders for the latest iPhone, fueling optimism that the company will keep generating the revenue growth that transformed it from a niche computer .

The next generation iPhone 5, which Apple Inc. plans to release this week, could not only boost the tech giant's bottom line - but could give a significant boost to the overall U.S. economy.Sales of .

FedEx Corp., operator of the world’s largest cargo airline, projected its first decline in quarterly earnings in almost three years as slowing economic growth hurt demand for the express packages that provide most of its .

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke says the U.S. economy is “far from satisfactory.” His colleagues are moving to embrace policies that will stay in place until he’s satisfied.Four Fed presidents have come out in .