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CORT Business Services Automates New Hire Orientation, Compliance and Sales Training with the Learn.com LearnCenter Platform

Business Wire, July 7, 2008

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Learn.com([R]), the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that CORT Business Services (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B), a leading provider in rental furniture, accessories and relocation related services, with headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, has renewed its partnership with the company based on training successes achieved with the LearnCenter([R]) platform, which has provided on-demand training to its employee base located around the globe.

"The primary reason we renewed our partnership with Learn.com was due to the success of the LearnCenter platform in exceeding our training and development goals and the quality of the service Learn.com has provided. Learn.com has proven to be a solid partner over the last three years," said Jeff Seidman, Vice President of Human Resources at CORT Business Services.

"The LearnCenter platform is very flexible, has the capability to grow with us as our organization grows and allows us to brand our training portal. The LearnCenter platform provides a complete, very structured automated training process for our sales team. All the tools our sales managers need to train a new salesperson are provided by the LearnCenter platform including forms, product data sheets, selling tips, FAQs and more. The LearnCenter platform also provides training documents for new hires as well as refresher courses for seasoned sales professionals," explained Seidman.

"In addition to the sales training, we have expanded the way we utilize the LearnCenter platform to include compliance training, onboarding and orientation programs for many of our new hires. We are also beginning to use the CORT Knowledge Center on the LearnCenter platform as a marketing tool to attract better people based on the high quality training we can now deliver. In addition, the client support we have received has been excellent," added Seidman.

About the LearnCenter Platform

The Learn.com LearnCenter platform has been voted as America's favorite Learning Management System. Organizations of all sizes can now manage the entire pre-hire to retire employee lifecycle by creating a cost effective, high quality training, development and measurement environment designed to empower users with visibility into and control of their career planning while providing management with real-time business intelligence. Learning Management, Performance Management, Content Management, Online Authoring, Succession Planning, Collaboration, e-Commerce, Portal Authoring and more are included within one solution, with one interface and one partner - Learn.com.

About CORT

CORT is a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. company (NYSE: BRK.A and BRK.B). For more than 35 years, CORT has been a leading provider in rental furniture, accessories and related services for companies and individuals. CORT customers include more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. CORT has the nation's most comprehensive online apartment search service, www.ApartmentSearch.com, and CORT is the nation's leading provider of rental furniture to trade shows and events. CORT has more than 2,500 employees in 34 states with offices in every major metro market and an expanding global presence with affiliates in more than 50 countries. For more information about CORT, visit www.cort.com.

About Learn.com

Learn.com([R]) is the worldwide leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity with more than 50 million end users around the globe. Our broad suite of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications can fully automate the pre-hire to retire lifecycle within any organization. Learn.com's unwavering commitment to understanding client needs, goals and objectives allows us to partner with our clients to increase business performance. The Learn.com family of solutions includes the award-winning LearnCenter([R]) learning and talent management suite, the WebRoom([R]) web conferencing suite, the CourseMaker Studio([R]) Authoring Tool, Mentor([R]) EPSS and the 1,000 title Learn2([R]) online course library. For more information please visit www.learn.com or call 954-233-4000.

Learn.com, its logo, LearnCenter, CourseMaker Studio, Mentor and Learn2 are registered trademarks of Learn.com. All other trademarks are respectfully acknowledged.

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