Thousands of Walmart employees from around the world arrived in Bentonville, Arkansas this week for the Walmart Shareholders Meeting.

The meeting itself is on Friday, but over the next few days, these employees, analysts, and members of the media will experience a nonstop Walmart carnival that includes first looks at how the world's largest retailer plans on keeping a competitive edge, tours of its premiere facilities, and a concert featuring Top-40 pop stars.

In 2016, the shareholders meeting had more than 14,000 attendees and took place at the University of Arkansas' Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.

I was there.

Here's what I saw last year, during my four days immersed in the culture of the world's biggest retailer.

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Shortly after arriving in Bentonville, I took a trip to the town's square for a tour of the Walmart Museum. Employees — or "associates," as they're called — were arriving on shuttles. Here are some from Canada.

Employees from each country gave a unique cheer in front of the museum and posed for photos. Team Mexico, the oldest international branch, had a great fiscal year to be proud of.

The museum is the renovated and expanded Walton's Five and Dime, a store that opened in 1950, predating Walmart by 12 years. It was the first store that Walmart founder Sam Walton established in Bentonville.

BMW's latest art car is the first to incorporate augmented reality.

The German automaker has collaborated with famous artists for over 40 years to transform race cars into works of art. The artistry of its latest entry, however, is not immediately apparent to the naked eye.

Chinese multimedia artist Cao Fei used augmented and virtual reality to transform a BMW M6 GT3 race car into a stunning light show. Viewers can experience the art installation by downloading an iOS app. 

Fei also released a short video clip, titled "Unmanned," as part of the overall multimedia experience. The video shows a man in traditional Chinese clothing using VR to create beams of light from his fingertips.

Fei, who spent three years working on the project, is the first Chinese artist to create an art car for BMW.

Scroll down to see the 17 other art cars that came before Fei's work:

Aaron Brown contributed to an earlier version of this post.

SEE ALSO: BMW's wild vision for the future includes cars with flat-screen TVs and electric motorcycles — here's a closer look

Alexander Calder's 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car.

BMW's Art Cars program began in 1975 and was spearheaded by Herve Poulain, a 35-year-old French race car driver and auctioneer whose two passions in life were art and racing.

While Poulain was just an amateur racer, he aspired to race in the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans, which is an annual 24 hour race hosted in France each June. He managed to convince BMW to sponsor him and to persuade the American artist Alexander Calder to paint the car before the race, pictured above.

Several world-class artists have contributed to the BMW Art Car program since Calder created his masterpiece.

This 3.0 CSL was designed by American artist Frank Stella's and raced at the 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans. The design was supposed to resemble a blueprint.

On Roy Lichetenstein's 1977 320i Group 5 Art Car, the designs are supposed to represent roads, sunlight, and the sky.

The NBA Finals are set, and for the third year in a row, it's the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. the Golden State Warriors.

This has been the expected result all season, but it's exciting nonetheless — the league's two most dominant teams squaring off for a third straight year, something the NBA has never seen.

In addition to the star power of the series, both teams have built a fierce rivalry over the past two years thanks to their Finals matchups.

After the Warriors took the 2015 Finals in six games, with the Cavs missing Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, the Cavs got revenge in 2016. Along the way, there was a confrontation between LeBron James and Draymond Green, a critical suspension for Green, trash talk between both sides, and of course, a riveting Game 7 that came to down to the final moments.

Here's a look back at how the two teams built one of the most exciting rivalries in sports.

When LeBron James returned to Cleveland in the summer of 2014, the Cavaliers looked to be the most dominant team in the NBA. Nobody saw the Warriors coming.

Instead, fueled by the hire of Steve Kerr, the breakout of Draymond Green, and Stephen Curry's first MVP season, the Warriors took the league by storm, going 67-15. Both teams cruised to the Finals that year.

Almost immediately, the 2015 Finals were delivered a blow when Kyrie Irving broke his knee in Game 1, leaving LeBron James to carry an undermanned group of role players.

He nearly pulled it off. James averaged 35 points, 13 rebounds, and nearly nine assists per game, winning Games 2 and 3 for the Cavaliers.

However, Stephen Curry, troubled by the feisty defense of Matthew Dellavedova early in the series, eventually broke out and helped the Warriors win their first title in 30 years.

I've been going to the gym regularly for years.

It's kind of funny, actually: When I lived in a Manhattan building with a gym in the basement, I never, ever went. It was a matter of principle — no one told me I had to pay a gym fee on top of my exorbitant rent! So I steered clear of the treadmills.

I sure showed them.

But when a gym rep came to my previous job and handed me a tee-shirt I'd never end up wearing along with a hefty corporate discount to a gym chain, I bit. And now, more than three years later, I can't bear to leave it. I love the teachers! I know the schedule! The locations are so convenient!

You know what I've learned? It doesn't matter whether your gym is in your building or down the block or 30 minutes away. Most of the work of going to the gym happens before you even walk in the door.

Below, I'm confessing some of the motivation tricks that get me off the couch and onto the spin bike. I can't guarantee they'll work for you — I can't even guarantee they'll continue to work for me — but this is what works right now.

SEE ALSO: I just ran my first half marathon — here's what I tell my friends when they say they could never start running

I tell myself I can decide whether I want to go ... later.

This tactic has worked brilliantly.

Instead of spending the day fighting myself over whether I "feel like" or "want to" go to the gym, I postpone the internal debate until after my workout.

That way, I can have a nice, indulgent mental back-and-forth and bask in indignation and reluctance for as long as I want — on the train home, having already done my workout.

I've never been sorry.

I recognize that there's always a reason to bail.

I once wrote about how "there's always something," in reference to planning out your spending and your budget. It's the same for the gym. I'm not sure there has ever been a night where I couldn't think of multiple reasons not to go.

For instance, here's a list of reasons I considered not going to the gym in the last week:

• I'm tired.
• My calves are sore from a new class I tried.
• I don't have the shorts I prefer to wear for spin class.
• I got stuck at work and won't be able to make my preferred Tuesday night class.
• It's dark.
• It's raining.
• I forgot my headphones.
• I'm going to miss the express train home.
• I'm coming down with the cold that's been going around the office.
• I need to pack for a weekend trip.
• My gym buddies all bailed on me.

Just because you have a reason doesn't make it a good one. Go anyway.

I think of the money.

The brilliant thing about belonging to a gym, as opposed to those $35 boutique spin classes so many of my friends adore, is that since you've already paid, it gets cheaper every time you go.

That's amazing! If I go to one class in a month, it's a $90 class. Two, they're each $45. Nine classes? At nine, which works out to fewer than three times a week, I'm paying only $10 per class.

Tiger Woods was arrested early Monday morning in Florida and charged with driving under the influence.

This isn't the first time Woods has been embroiled in a scandal. His career was derailed by his affairs and subsequent divorce from his wife, and his return to golf has been marred by injuries.

But despite this, Woods is still worth an estimated $740 million and is one of the highest-paid athletes of all time. He still has plenty of cash to spend on yachts, private jets, and custom megamansions.

Take a look at how he spends it all, below.

Tony Manfred contributed reporting to a previous version of this article.

SEE ALSO: Injuries, infidelities, and poor choices: How Tiger Woods unraveled from the greatest golfer in the world

Tiger Woods has made more than $1.4 billion since turning pro in 1996.

Source: Golf Digest and Forbes

More than $110 million of that came from on-course winnings. He's No. 1 on the all-time money list, by far.

Source: PGA

But the real money comes from off the course. At his peak in the late 2000s, Woods made $100 million annually off the course. In 2016, he earned more than $45 million in endorsement deals and course-design fees.

Source: Forbes

Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers puts together a fascinating and influential presentation each year on the state of the web.

The report, chock-full of insights and stats, delves into the biggest trends in digital.

She just released 2017's presentation at Vox Media's Code Conference, and we have republished it here in full.

While last year focused on messaging apps and transportation, this year's Internet Trends report focuses on everything from interactive games to China's golden age of entertainment to the digital disruption of the media business.

Here's what's happening on the internet in 2017:

President Donald Trump once said that he has "the best words." 

As it turns out, many of those words are misspelled.

Since Trump won the presidency in November, he and his team have published a surprising number of official communications that contain typos, spelling errors, and word misusages. 

Here are some of the most notable examples:

'Covfefe'

On May 31, at 12:06 a.m., Trump tweeted a bizarre, unfinished message:

"Despite the constant negative press covfefe."

"Covfefe" appears to be a mangled attempt at typing "coverage," and most users who saw the tweet assumed Trump would delete it and try again.

However, astonishingly, the tweet stayed up for a full six hours before it was taken down. In the meantime, online jokesters went wild:

Finally, at 5:48 a.m., the tweet was removed, and 20 minutes later the president replaced it with one acknowledging the chaos he unleashed.

"Who can figure out the true meaning of 'covfefe' ??? Enjoy!" Trump tweeted.

"The possibility of lasting peach"

In late May, the White House released a statement saying one of Trump's goals during his trip to Israel was to "promote the possibility of lasting peach" in the region.

The slip of the fingers was one of several bizarre mistakes in the press release. A few lines above, the White House misspelled the "Sepulchre" in Church of the Holy Sepulchre, inserted a superfluous apostrophe in the word "Israelis," and left a "d" off "coupled."

"W.H. Council"

Trump added to his lexicographical lowlight reel in May when he tweeted about Sally Yates, the former acting attorney general he fired in January.

Yates was gearing up to testify before a Senate subcommittee about her role in the dismissal of former national security adviser Michael Flynn when Trump chimed in.

"Ask Sally Yates, under oath, if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to W.H. Council," Trump said on Twitter.

The offense here is "council"— a perfectly valid word, but not in this context. Two hours later, Trump deleted the tweet and replaced it with one containing the correct word, "counsel."

Merriam-Webster did not spare him an English lesson, to the delight of spelling aficionados everywhere.

About a week later, Trump stumbled over the same word, this time adding a unique twist — he spelled it "councel," which is wrong in any context. Merriam-Webster corrected the record once more.

We see Amazon.com as our own fairy godmother who drops off virtually any item possible on our doorsteps, sometimes even within the hour.

But the next time you make an order, you'll appreciate the person fulfilling it by the end of this post.

Instant gratification is made possible by the warehouse employees who have to walk more in a day than some of us do in a week (or more) and who have to grab the weirdest items people secretly purchase.

In these Reddit IAmAs from a former worker at a million-square-foot warehouse, a picker from another large warehouse, a former fulfillment center worker, and an Amazon Prime employee, see some of your most curious questions answered! 

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1. What are some products that we might be surprised to learn are purchased a lot? What's the strangest thing someone's ordered?

"Not sure if you'd be surprised, but lots of sex toys. I'd say one out of fifty [orders]; mainly butt plugs and dildos. The weirdest was a fake a--. Usually the sex toys are wrapped in black plastic so we can't see them but this was sitting on the shelf in the open. It was just a life-size fake ass used for obvious reasons."

2. Roughly how long after I place a Prime order is my item actually being picked?

"One-hour orders always have priority. It is usually picked within 15 minutes after the order was made and out the door not even 10 minutes later."

3. What's the largest item Amazon can ship?

"Apparently the biggest thing they ship for free is a 2,000-pound gun safe. But they can ship just about anything, including something the size of a car."

We've all made mistakes with our money. While some are knowingly reckless — say, an expensive night at the casino or going into debt to buy a fancy car you can't quite afford — others are less obvious.

For instance, not getting a credit card because you're scared of overspending and ending up in debt sounds like a responsible move — until you want to buy a car or a house and have no credit to back you up.

Below, Business Insider breaks down a handful of bad money moves to avoid that may feel smart at the time.

SEE ALSO: 13 pieces of money advice you can't afford to ignore

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Dipping into your 401(k) early to buy a house or pay off debt.

There may come a time when you consider cashing out part of your 401(k) for a short-term goal that feels more pressing than retirement — like buying your dream house or paying off lingering credit card debt.

Don't be fooled: A 401(k) may seem like just another vehicle for saving money, but the rules are far different than a traditional savings account. To start, money pulled out before age 59 and a half is subject to an early withdrawal penalty and will be taxed as regular income (you can calculate the specific cost of early withdrawal using a tool like this one from Wells Fargo).

One of the greatest advantages of a 401(k) is its ability to generate tax-free compound interest— the multiplying effect of earning interest on top of the money you've already earned interest from — over the long haul. Take your money out early and you'll lose a bulk of savings.

A better option if you have retirement savings and you're truly strapped for cash? Take money out of your Roth IRA, which has much more flexibility for tax and penalty-free early withdrawals.

Taking out a ton of student loans to go to school.

The number of Americans taking out student loans to finance college is steadily rising. While a good education can lead to a higher salary, taking on loads of debt to get there isn't always a smart move.

Many people don't grasp the full scope of a student loan beyond college, including how interest rates work and how long it realistically takes to repay the loan. The average borrower has a $351 monthly payment, a sizable recurring expense for a new college graduate on an entry-level salary.

In short, student loan payments could inhibit you from reaching other important financial goals. Before you sign on the dotted line, consider the ROI of the degree you want to pursue and what other options are available, like scholarships, grants, or even community college.

Not getting a credit card.

As a 20-year-old, credit cards scared me. They seemed like free money and I thought spending with them would ruin my financial stability, even though I paid my bill in full every month.

In fact, the opposite is true. If I ever wanted to buy a car or a house, I'd need credit.

"A lot of people these days check credit scores as some sort of measure of how responsible a human being you are," says financial expert Jean Chatzky, host of the "HerMoney" podcast and financial editor at the Today Show, in a video with Business Insider's Graham Flanagan, who is 34 and doesn't have a credit card. "It's possible to have a good credit score without a credit card, but it's easier if you do have one."

But having a credit card doesn't mean you need to use it all the time, Chatzky said: "That's sort of the secret." Spend only what you can afford to pay back, and you'll build solid credit.

The wealthiest 30 people in the world control a staggering portion of the world economy: $1.23 trillion — more than the annual GDP of Spain, Mexico, or Turkey. 

That's according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which recently relaunched and expanded online to include 500 billionaires across the globe. The ranking updates daily to provide up-to-the-minute data on the world's wealthiest men and women. You can read about the ranking's full methodology here.

Business Insider has culled the 30 richest from the ranking as of March 1, when the index relaunched in its expanded format.

Billionaires need a minimum net worth of at least $22.5 billion to crack the top 30. Eighteen from this group hail from the US and two-thirds are completely self-made, having built some of the world's most powerful companies, including Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Google, Facebook, and Oracle.

The two biggest gainers in the past year were Wang Wei, who added $22.7 billion to his fortune as the founder and majority owner of China's largest package delivery company, and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, who boosted his fortune by $21.9 billion thanks to Amazon's strong performance. 

From tech moguls and retail giants to heirs and heiresses, here are the billionaires with the deepest pockets around the globe.

Note that Bloomberg does not report the net worth of its founder and owner Michael Bloomberg, who does not appear on this ranking, though other sources peg his fortune at roughly $45 billion. 

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30. Ma Huateng

Net worth:$22.5 billion

Age: 45

Country: China

Industry: Technology

Source of wealth: Self-made; Tencent Holdings

Software engineer Ma Huateng (aka Pony Ma) founded China's largest internet portal, Tencent Holdings, in 1998. He was 26. Ma's company has a number of successful and widely used platforms in its portfolio, including QQ, its instant-messaging service, which is one of the world's 10 largest websites; a mobile-texting service (WeChat) with over 800 million users; a mobile-commerce product (WeChat Wallet); and an online-gaming community (Tencent Games), the largest in China.

Ma's wealth has increased by $4.7 billion in the past year.

29. Phil Knight

Net worth:$25 billion

Age: 78

Country: US

Industry: Retail

Source of wealth: Self-made; Nike

After a stint in the US Army, and with a Stanford MBA under his belt, Phil Knight convinced Tiger-brand shoemaker Onitsuka in the early 1960s to allow him to distribute Tiger shoes under the name Blue Ribbon Sports — the name Knight picked that predated his swoosh-logo-clad company Nike. Knight worked full-time as an accountant as he launched his new brand, and by 1968 he had built up enough of a rapport with customers that he was able to leave the CPA life behind. Knight now serves as chairman emeritus of Nike.

Nike has built its success on celebrity and athlete endorsement deals, starting with running prodigy Steve Prefontaine in 1973 and continuing with one of the most successful shoe marketers of all time in Michael Jordan, whom Nike signed to a five-year endorsement deal in 1984 worth roughly $500,000 per year. The biggest NBA star today is still under the Nike roof, with LeBron James signing a lifetime contract with the brand in 2015 reportedly in excess of $1 billion.

Knight's wealth has decreased by $1 billion over the last year.

28. George Soros

Net worth: $25.2 billion

Age: 86

Country: US

Industry: Hedge funds

Source of wealth: Self-made; Soros Fund Management

Born in Budapest, George Soroslived through the Nazi occupation of Hungary during WWII before fleeing to the UK and later settling in the US. Touted as "the man who broke the bank of England," he's best known for the Quantum Fund, a hedge fund he launched in 1973 under his Soros Fund Management company. In 1992 he shorted the British pound, a risky move that ended up earning the fund $1 billion in a single day and solidifying Soros' place in the finance world. Quantum Fund also generated annual returns over 30% under Soros' leadership, making it one of the most successful hedge funds of all time.

Today, Soros remains chairman of Soros Fund Management, which manages more than $25 billion in assets, including stakes in prominent companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Netflix. He's also chairman of Open Society, an organization he founded in 1979 that operates as a network of foundations and partners across the globe that promote the values of open society and human rights.

Soros' wealth decreased by $800 million over the last year.

The INSIDER Summary:

• Nestpick ranked cities based on how desirable they are to millennials.
• They looked at the basics like cost of living and public transportation, but also millennial-specific factors like internet speed, food, and nightlife.
• Amsterdam took the top spot.

Millennials will go to extreme lengths to live in expensive cities instead of languishing in the suburbs.

Nestpick, an apartment-hunting site, compiled the "Millennials Cities Ranking" based on 16 factors to determine which places are the most desirable to this much-discussed age bracket.

The ranking examined essentials like the cost of living, accessibility of public transportation, and employment opportunities. It also considered factors of particular interest to millennials such as internet speed, gender equality, the affordability of beer, and the number of Apple stores per capita.

Here are the 30 cities where millennials live.

30. Glasgow, United Kingdom

29. Vienna, Austria

28. Madrid, Spain

It's been nearly nine years since America fell into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. While the recovery has been slow and steady on the whole, some states have bounced back stronger than others.

As part of its 2017 best states ranking, U.S. News & World Report ranked each US state on three economic indicators:

• Growth: GDP growth from 2012 to 2015, growth rate of the total population aged 25 to 29 between 2012 and 2015, and average net migration (people moving to and from the state).
• Employment: The annual growth of nonfarm jobs from 2012 to 2015, the percentage of residents age 16 or older who participated in the labor force in 2015, and the November 2016 unemployment rate.
• Business: The number of new businesses formed between 2013 and 2015 and the average number of patents per 1 million residents granted during the same period.

U.S. News then combined these rankings — growth (50%), employment (30%), business (20%) — to form its list of states with the strongest economies.

The country's most populous states — California, Texas, and Florida — all appear on the list. But it's Colorado and North Dakota that come out on top, with high marks for young population growth and job opportunities.  

Read on to see the top 15 states where young people are moving in, jobs are plentiful, and business is booming.

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15. Oregon

Population: 4 million

Growth rank: 14

Employment rank: 24

Business environment rank: 14

14. Georgia

Population: 10.2 million

Growth rank: 11

Employment rank: 31

Business environment rank: 16

13. New Hampshire

Population: 1.3 million

Growth rank: 31

Employment rank: 6

Business environment rank: 11

Nintendo's newest video game console, the Switch, is finally out. If you can find one, the $300 hybrid game console is a delightful little device.

The Switch is a handheld game console, as seen above, but it's also a home game console. You slide it into a dock and — voila! — it's on your TV, right where you left off. Pretty neat!

Since the Switch arrived on March 3, its game library has grown steadily. Here are the best games available for the Switch thus far.

SEE ALSO: Here are all the games coming to Nintendo's new console, and when they arrive

1. "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild"

"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is one of the best games I've played in years. 

Much of the setup for "Breath of the Wild" happened 100 years in the past. The game supposes that you (Link) and Princess Zelda — the longtime heroine of the series — failed in a major battle against longtime antagonist Ganon. There's far more to the story than that, but it's much more exciting to discover on your own. Discovery is at the heart of everything in "Breath of the Wild"— it's a massive open world full of secrets waiting to be discovered. Simply put: If you own any game on the Switch, this is the one to buy.

Price: $59.99

2. "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe"

 If you own a Nintendo Switch, you should own "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe." No equivocations. No caveats.

Like "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," you're looking at a must-own game here for any Nintendo Switch owner. It's a ridiculously good game, alone or with friends. It's literally the best entry in a series composed of great games. There are no truly bad "Mario Kart" games, so that this one stands out says a lot about how good it is. There are dozens of courses, a fantastic new mode that beyond delivers on fan expectations, and a robust online multiplayer mode. I have literally nothing negative to say about "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe," except that Nintendo could've thrown owners a bone and offered some form of discount if you bought the game already on Wii U. But Nintendo knows you'll buy it at $60, so Nintendo is charging $60. Such is capitalism.

Price: $59.99

3. "Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition"

"Minecraft" is this generation's Super Mario. It's an international phenomenon. Unless you've been living on the moon, you probably already know these things.

It's on computers, phones, tablets, and game consoles — including the Switch as of pretty recently. It's at your local mall, occupying kiosks with plushies and T-shirts. There's a semiannual convention ("MineCon") and an education initiative that's got it in schools (MinecraftEDU).

But why is it so popular? Think of "Minecraft" as virtual LEGO.

It's a system for fitting pieces together to create something — sometimes amazing somethings — from nothing. "Minecraft" provides endless building blocks and a blank canvas. It's up to you to create something incredible, or silly, or referential, or whatever, using the tools it provides. The tools are blessedly user-friendly, as are the systems for employing those tools.

Price: $39.99

An MBA from a top business school can set you up for a lucrative, successful career. In fact, average graduates of a top-20 program earn starting compensation packages of at least $130,000.

That's according to the latest list of top business schools by U.S. News & World Report, which ranked 131 MBA programs based on criteria that includes job placement, starting salary, selectivity, and assessments by peers and recruiters. The schools were given a numerical score, with 100 representing the best possible result. Read a full breakdown of the methodology here.

Business Insider culled the 20 top schools on the list, each of which made an appearance on our most recent ranking of the best business schools in the world. While many familiar and vaunted MBA programs are congregated at the top, only two were able to earn a perfect score of 100.

Read on to learn more about the 20 top business schools in America.

Note: Tuition figures reflect annual costs for out-of-state students.

SEE ALSO: The top 10 law schools in America

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20. Emory University — Goizueta Business School

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Average starting salary: $138,864

Average GMAT score: 683

Tuition and fees: $57,580

Overall score: 74

Goizueta Business School is named after Roberto C. Goizueta, the late CEO of Coca-Cola who led the company from 1981 until he died in 1997. The school, which was founded in 1919 and started offering an MBA in 1954, took Goizueta's name in 1994, and his business philosophy is now a central part of the school's mission: to develop professionals who will add value to their companies by changing the way business is done. The prep pays off: The business school has a 93.1% job-placement rate within three months of graduation.

19. Carnegie Mellon University — Tepper School of Business

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Average starting salary: $140,289

Average GMAT score: 686

Tuition and fees: $62,230

Overall score: 75

The Tepper school prepares graduates to pursue careers in marketing, finance, consulting, technology, entrepreneurship, or operations. The career center helps students connect with companies, meet with potential employers, and build their networks. Students are directly recruited by some of the biggest names in business, including Goldman Sachs, IBM, Google, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo.

18. University of North Carolina — Kenan-Flagler Business School

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Average starting salary: $131,908

Average GMAT score: 700

Tuition and fees: $59,574

Overall score: 77

The Kenan-Flagler Business School complements its core curriculum with a wide variety of experiential learning opportunities in business, finance, and beyond. The school is particularly valuable for those looking to gain experience in the nonprofit sector. Kenan-Flagler's Nonprofit Board Consultants program places MBA students on nonprofit boards of directors months, where they gain exposure to high-level strategy and leadership opportunities. In the past, students have worked with Habitat for Humanity, Our Children's Place, and the Environmental Education Fund.

When planning your wedding, it's easy to go a bit overboard. You've been crafting your Pinterest board, attending your friends' weddings, and when your time finally comes, you want it to be the best it can be. 

If you're feeling that way, you're not alone, as the average cost of a wedding in the US is at a sky-high $35,329, according to The Knot.

But after the honeymoon bliss wears off and it's back to normal life, being stuck with the bill may make you have buyers' remorse. Whether it's skipping flowers or going simple on the dress, take the advice of couples who have been there before and rethink these seven big expenses:

Programs

Programs seem like a no-brainer to many, but it's actually one of the top things people told me they regretted buying for their wedding or were glad they didn't.

"Ugh programs! Literally no one cares. They know what's going down," Alyssa Kostick, who's been married one year, told INSIDER. 

In lieu of traditional programs, many are opting for digital options on wedding websites, or getting creative with it. 

"We opted to do a poster size print and just displayed it at the ceremony entrance," said Heather Norris, who has been married about a year and a half. "Programs were so expensive and end up crumpled and thrown away. We were able to design and print a big version for less than $20 total and no one really missed the program itself."

The exception may be anyone who is having a more traditional or religious ceremony, since programs can help your guests follow along.
 

Wedding favors

You might not be able to imagine your wedding without them, but does anyone really keep wedding favors? A lot of times they get thrown in guests' carry-on bags and then to the junk drawer. 

"Personalized favors are a huge waste of money and are totally a product of the wedding industry,"commenter wrigleyville aid on The Knot.

Norris suggested combining escort cards with favors like she did at her wedding. She gave a fresh apple as the favor and tied the escort card to it. Guests knew where they were sitting and had a tasty snack in the process. The simplicity of the favor and giving it a dual purpose helped eliminate waste. 

Shoes

While brides may splurge on their dresses, you may not want to shell out a lot of money on your shoes.

"My shoes were about $25 and I loved them, but they were covered by my dress the whole day and I haven't worn them since," said Valerie Mazza, who has been married about two years. "I bought the particular pair I bought because they happened to go with my dress pretty well, they were on sale, and they were tall enough that I didn't have to get my dress hemmed."

This sentiment was echoed by a few brides who either opted for the cheap shoes once they saw the price tag — or regretted the pricier ones as soon as they kicked them off for the reception. 

"I also had three pairs of wedding shoes (one was because I couldn’t return them and had found others that I liked better). In hindsight I would probably want to re-allocate some of that money — and more — into a couple of areas where I now wish I had spent MORE money," commenter Brielle disclosed on Weddingbee. 

Before Lauren Conrad was a successful fashion designer, author, and lifestyle blogger, she was a lowly intern in the fashion closet of Teen Vogue living in the Hollywood Hills with her best friends.

Like many of us who watched in awe from our couches, Conrad and the cast of "The Hills" endured their fair share of drama — even if it wasn't entirely authentic.

Now 11 years later, LC and her castmates have changed drastically. Here are 17 memorable moments from the series that launched it all from Lauren's first moments in the world of fashion to the epic Speidi throwdowns.

17. A man so great he needed two names

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Oh, Justin Bobby. When Audrina Patridge brought her date Justin by to meet friends Lauren and Lo Bosworth for the first time, their jokes didn't go over so well with JB.

But Lauren and Lo’s teasing didn't scare Justin off. He stuck around to mess with Audrina’s head for a few more seasons

16. Audrina accuses Lauren of hooking up with Justin Bobby

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In season 5, Audrina heard from a friend that her former roommate Lauren had recently been hooking up with her on-again-off-again flame, Justin.

Lauren was hurt that Audrina would even believe the rumors and blamed Audrina for the rift. Even after the two talked, Audrina didn't want to acknowledge that she'd messed up.

15. Homeboy wore combat boots to the beach

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A season 3 barbecue was just one of the countless times Justin left Audrina in the dust. After spending time with the group at Brody Jenner’s house in Malibu, Justin disappeared without a word.

Lauren shows Audrina the helmet Justin left behind for her. Trying to comfort her friend, Lauren reminded Audrina that she deserves more than a guy who wears combat boots to the beach.

The Obamas have purchased the 8,200-square-foot home they've been living in since moving out of the White House, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

According to property records, Barack and Michelle Obama purchased the home for $8.1 million. It was listed at $5.3 million in 2016 by Joe Lockhart, who was a press secretary for Bill Clinton, but it did not sell. The Obamas rented it in January.

"Given that President and Mrs. Obama will be in Washington for at least another two and a half years, it made sense for them to buy a home rather than continuing to rent property," a spokesman for the family told The Post.

Though smaller than the Obamas' former abode, the house is still a lavish residence in a desirable neighborhood in the nation's capital. It was built in 1928, renovated in 2012, and contains nine bedrooms, according to its listing on RedFin. The sale price makes it the second-most-expensive home in the Washington, DC, neighborhood of Kalorama, after Jeff Bezos' 2016 purchase.

The Obamas most likely haven't spent much time in the home — they have been photographed traveling the world since Barack Obama left office in January.

SEE ALSO: The bizarre 'Flintstones House' in a wealthy San Francisco suburb has finally found a buyer

The Obamas traded white for brick at their newly purchased mansion in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, DC.

It's gated and private, though it's close to the road.

The gated driveway has plenty of space for Secret Service vehicles.

Shopping at warehouse club stores comes at a price: Costco’s basic Gold Star membership costs $55 (and will go up to $60 on June 1), and a basic Sam's Club membership costs $45.

But with the savings from various products and services, there are plenty of ways to make back the fee while enjoying the perks of membership. 

SEE ALSO: 16 common hidden fees and how to avoid them

Pizza

It takes less than one pizza a month for the savings to make up the cost of a warehouse club membership. At Domino's, a 16-inch Brooklyn-style pizza costs $12 to $18, depending on location and toppings. The same size pizza costs $9 at Sam's Club and $10 at Costco. With average savings of more than $5 a pizza, buying eight to 10 pizzas a year would cover the membership cost.

Photo gifts

Large photos come with large savings. A 16-by-20-inch canvas photo print at Sam's Club costs $45, which is $55 less than the $100 price listed on the photo site Shutterfly. Costco's 16x20 canvas prints are $38, or $62 less than Shutterfly's. Buying just one print would cover the cost of membership to either club.

Both Costco and Sam's Club also carry personalized mugs, mouse pads, and other photo gifts. Custom photo mugs start at $12 at Walgreens and $17 on Shutterfly. At Costco and Sam's, they cost about $6.50 to $7. Depending on the items, the savings from five to 10 gifts would recoup the membership fee.

Movie tickets

Both Costco and Sam's Club sell bundles of movie-ticket gift cards. Costco offers a set of four $25 gift cards to MovieTickets.com for $75. At $25 off the total value of $100, buying two sets would bring the savings just $5 short of the current membership fee.

Sam's Club sells two $25 cards to Goodrich Theatres for $40. With $10 in savings, buying four sets almost makes back the membership.

A great road trip consists of a few essentials: good friends, a great playlist, and gas station snacks.

But no road trip is complete without a few stops to take in the best sights America has to offer — from wacky roadside attractions to stunning vistas.

The best part? You don't even need to get out of your car to see most of them.

Here's the best thing to see from your car in each state. 

ALABAMA: The Drive-Thru Museum

This is a roadside attraction in every sense of the phrase: it's quirky, unnecessary, and a great way to wake yourself up from a boring drive. You'll seem some strange "art," but it will definitely provide talking points for the rest of your trip. 

ALASKA: Denali

Driving between Anchorage and Fairbanks on the George Parks Highway will offer some of the best views of Denali, North America’s tallest peak at 20,310 feet.

ARIZONA: Monument Valley

Twenty dollars will get you a front row seat to some of the country's most incredible natural wonders inside the stunning Monument Valley, which sits off of U.S. 163. The 17-mile long drive is perfect for nature lovers, but even those who hate the outdoors can enjoy the views from inside their vehicle. 

The INSIDER Summary:

• Summer gives you a lot of opportunities to go out and try new things.
• If you're looking for date ideas for the summer try eating at a food truck, volunteering at an event, or going to an outdoor movie.
• This list will make sure your summer date nights are top notch.

Summer brings plenty of opportunities to do something with that special someone besides dinner and a movie. And you don't need to spend a lot of money to have a memorable time with your favorite gal or guy. These low-cost summer date ideas are equal parts fun and romance -- the perfect combo for a day in the sun or an evening under the stars. 

Watch the planes

Head to the closest airport and find a place to watch the planes come and go. If you can't find a good spot nearby, the top of an airport parking garage usually works. This is a chance to fantasize about where you'd like to go on a romantic getaway.

Eat at a food truck

Go for a cheap meal at a local food truck. Use a free app like Roaming Hunger or Street Food Finder to locate one to try.

Pick berries

Enjoy the bounty of summer produce: Go to a local farm and pick your own berries, then come home and make a dessert to share.