The SAT is a standardized test administered by the College Board, a non-profit organization that runs other programs including the PSAT (Preliminary SAT), AP (Advanced Placement) and CLEP (College-Level Examination Project). The letters SAT originally stood for the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
Forex: World's Biggest Market A Relative Newcomer. Forex is the largest and most liquid market in the world. In 2010, it accounted for more than $3 trillion of daily trading. Yet, oddly enough, this market didn't exist a century ago. Unlike stock markets, which can trace their roots back centuries, the forex market as we understand it today is a truly new market.
1 Carrefour: Europe's largest retailer, Carrefour is Wal-Mart's nearest challenger. 2  It overhauled its management last year to try and improve sluggish growth in France and the changes seem to have worked. 3  It is China's biggest foreign retailer, with nearly 80 stores.