All they need to do is field two NCAA teams in any given sport

Unlikemany of its competitors, the Company provides flexible in-house credit optionsfor its customers. In the last three years, the Company has financed, onaverage, approximately 59 of its retail sales. This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks anduncertainties. Such forward-looking statements generally can be identified bythe use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect,""intend," "could," "estimate," "should," "anticipate," or "believe," or thenegative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology.

Although theCompany believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-lookingstatements will prove to be correct, the Company can give no assurance that suchexpectations will prove to be correct. Factors that could causeor contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the Company'sgrowth strategy and plans regarding opening new stores and entering new markets;the Company's intention to update, relocate or expand existing stores; theCompany's estimated capital expenditures and costs related to the opening of newstores or the update, relocation or expansion of existing stores; the Company'sability to introduce additional product categories; the Company's cash flow fromoperations, borrowings from its revolving lines of credit and proceeds fromsecuritizations to fund operations, debt repayment and expansion; the ability ofthe Company and the QSPE to obtain additional funding for the purpose of fundingthe receivables generated by the Company, including limitations on the abilityof the QSPE to obtain financing through its commercial paper-based fundingsources and its ability to maintain the current credit ratings of itssecurities; the cost of any renewed or replacement credit facilities; growthtrends and projected sales in the home appliance and consumer electronicsindustry and the Company's ability to capitalize on such growth; the pricingactions and promotional activities of competitors; relationships with theCompany's key suppliers; the results of the Company's litigation; interestrates; general economic conditions; weather conditions in the Company's markets;delinquency and loss trends in the receivables portfolio; changes in theassumptions used in the calculation of the fair value of its interests insecuritized assets; changes in the Company's stock price; and the actual numberof shares of common stock outstanding. Further information on these risk factorsis included in the Company's filings with the Securities and ExchangeCommission, including the Company's annual report on Form 10-K filed on March27, 2008. Except asrequired by law, the Company is not obligated to publicly release any revisionsto these forward-looking statements to reflect the events or circumstances afterthe date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipatedevents.CONN-F Conns, Inc., BeaumontChairman and CEOThomas J Frank, 409-832-1696 Ext 3218 Copyright Business Wire 2009. OKLAHOMA CITY(Business Wire)Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced it has sold certainChesapeake-operated long-lived producing assets in the Anadarko and ArkomaBasins in its fourth volumetric production payment transaction (VPP). The purchase was financed by GS Loan Partners, anaffiliate of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE:GS). The assets include provedreserves of approximately 98 bcfe and current net production of approximately 60mmcfe per day for proceeds of $412 million, or $4.20 per mcfe.

Chesapeakeretained drilling rights on the properties below currently producing intervals.The company previously announced its intention to complete a VPP by year-end2008 as part of its plan to build larger cash reserves over the next two years.The transaction, which closed on December 31, 2008, will be treated as a salefor accounting purposes and the companys proved reserves will be reducedaccordingly. Chesapeake was advised on the transaction by Jefferies Randall &Dewey of Houston, Texas. Argonaut exercises wide discretion oninvestment size, stage, sector and geography. Its equity investments span suchdiverse markets as alternative energy, technology, financial services, media,telecommunications, medical devices, aviation, retail and healthcare. Argonaut'sportfolio includes investments in the United States, India, China, Israel,Japan, Eastern Europe, the Netherlands and Australia.The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a bank holding company and a leading globalinvestment banking, securities and investment management firm.Established in1986, the firms Principal Investment Area is part of the Merchant BankingDivision and includes the GS Capital Partners, GS Loan Partners and GS MezzaninePartners funds.GS Loan Partners I, with $10.5 billion in equity and leveragecommitments, is Goldman Sachs first fund dedicated to providing senior securedloans and investing in senior debt and is one of the largest funds dedicated tothe senior secured loan asset class across North America and Europe.For moreinformation, please visit Energy CorporationInvestor Contact:Jeffrey L.

If you pooh-poohed the idea of the University of Texas becoming the 12th Big Ten Conference member, youre obviously not a Texas-sized thinker. In fact, Im wondering why billionaire Longhorns alumni, plus tens of thousands of transplanted Big Ten grads, cant have their cake and eat it too. All they need to do is field two NCAA teams in any given sport. Their Burnt Orange versions could continue to play in the Big 12; their White, in the Big Ten. They can start by duplicating their big revenue-generating football program, the one that last year poured $87.6 million into athletic department coffers, and can gradually expand to other sports. You say that surely the NCAA prohibits self-duplication Show me the regulations that would nix such a move. Explain why Notre Dame is allowed to play football as an independent but can field other sports in an organized conference. If anything, the NCAAs lack of foresight on the subject doesnt mean a school cant field two teams in the same sport. And if youre still not convinced, show me the Texas country lawyer who cant find a loophole.