Couple who paid off $18,000 in 54 days shares their No. 1 money saving tip

David Cahill and his wife Meg managed to eliminate $18,000 worth of student loans in 54 days , thanks mostly to extreme saving. "Our mantra became, Sacrifice now in order to be able to win later," Cahill tells CNBC. As soon as he and his wife committed to paying off their loans aggressively, "we actually sat down with our friends and told them about the ambitious plans that we had and asked them to provide us accountability," Cahill says.

A Staggering 225,000 People Will Graduate from Walmart College This Year

Walmart expects to graduate 225,000 employees from its new training academies this year, CEO Doug McMillon revealed on Thursday.  "Remember, 75% of Walmart U.S. store management teams started as hourly associates so it's critical we provide effective training for our associates as they take on more responsibility in our company," said McMillon, who started working in Walmart's stores as a teen.  Last February, the same day Walmart raised wages for 1.2 million employees, it opened its first training academy. The academies, which are often in separate buildings on a Walmart store site, teach employees fundamental retail skills that go beyond stocking shelves and customer service, such as which

Marijuana Stock Winners of the Week

Looking across the 200+ cannabis-related publicly listed companies, there was a clear weed stock winner in the markets. While a handful of cannabis-related companies ended the week up over 5%, Beleave Inc. and Insys Therapeutics Inc.were the only ones with market capitalizations greater than $50 million USD. The broader marijuana sector, as tracked by the Solactive North American Medical Marijuana Index, was down slightly less than 1% this week. Beleave Inc. (CSE:BE) (OTC:BLEVF) Shares of Beleave Inc. were up roughly 6.19% this week, closing the Friday session at $2.40 CAD per share. It was a quiet start to the week for shares of Beleave, with all of the week’s gains coming from today’s big announcement.

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