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.
15 Biggest Employers in the World. Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) is the worldâs largest publicly traded employer, with approximately 2.2 million employees across of the globe, a number greater than the population of cities such as Houston, Philadelphia, and Phoenix. In all, nearly 100 publicly-traded companies worldwide employ at least 175,000 workers each.