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...Christie's auction house and part owner of Converse shoes, who used a controversial clause in Gucci's bylaws to purchase a 42% stake in the firm for $2.9 billion. Arnault insists Gucci's white-knight strategy was illegal, and the battle for the company is still wending through Dutch courts. (Gucci is incorporated in the Netherlands...
...Tyler had vacationed at a condo in Delaware's crowded resort town of Rehoboth Beach for years. But when Mike decided to retire and they visited friends in nearby Lewes, the Tylers were smitten. Perched where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic, Lewes (pronounced Loo-iss) is a quiet Dutch seaport with pristine beaches, elegant Victorian homes and a nearby state park. The Tylers bid on an ornate Queen Anne-style fixer-upper and, after finishing the restoration, opened a bed-and-breakfast, the Wild Swan Inn, in 1993. "We selected Lewes because it had small-town charm," says Mike...
...town centerpiece is the Zwaanendael Museum, a model of a Dutch city hall with ornamental gables and carved stonework. Inside are maritime history exhibits with information and artifacts relating to the 1631 Dutch settlement of Lewes and the 1812 British bombardment of the port...
...wasn't Sotheby's, but the bidding in Cabot House was no less impassioned at last night's Dutch Auction...
Regardless of controversy, these shows are likely to score high ratings for CBS. Buzz about these shows has been building since they were first announced. The Dutch version of "Big Brother" netted a 53.6% market share for its finale, and its winner went on to national fame. The German version's website has logged over 90 million hits, despite (or perhaps because of) the conflict...