Now, investors scrutinize all the minutiae of existing leases to assess their true value.

For the time being, many strategists expect the market to be volatile, as investors scrutinize every new economic statistic to determine whether the Fed really must raise interest rates.

With no collateral to fall back on, investors scrutinize their risks carefully and actively advise their less-experienced borrowers.

With investors closely scrutinizing companies' accounting for gimmicks, companies have grown reluctant to use aggressive accounting techniques, the survey found.

Since the Fed increased its benchmark short-term interest rate earlier this month to 5 percent, investors have been scrutinizing every economic indicator to determine what it might do at its next meeting in late June.

But with investors, mutual fund managers, employees and politicians increasingly scrutinizing the rising tide of mergers, the corporations themselves want someone who understands how to tell the "story" to the outside world.

But they warn that not all riverboat casino stocks are alike and investors should scrutinize the companies before buying.

It will also mean investors in the stock market will be scrutinizing Middelhoff's plans, including his scheme for Napster.

Jittery investors are scrutinising Europe for signs of another Greece-style debt overload.

It requires investors to scrutinize how the Clinton plan would push dollars through the health care system and pick young industries whose earnings are likely to be lifted by the tide of reform.