| July 9, 2002 Bestway Appoints President And CEO David A. Kraemer, previously serving as executive vice president of Rent-A-Center, has been appointed as president and chief executive officer of Bestway, Inc./(NASDAQ:BSTW) of Dallas, Texas. The company owns and operates a total of sixty-nine rent-to-own stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. |