On the other side of the deal are buyers scouring for fixer-uppers to flip into revenue streams or first-timers looking for a turnkey toehold into the mobile space.
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They spoke to retired Shell employees and spent two days--all they were allowed--in Shell's data room, scouring for updated information and digging through trash looking for signs of rival bidders.
Even when picking up the tab ourselves, we share the belief that money spent shopping for shoes and scouring consignment stores for designer labels far outweighs the value of an ocean view or a private room.
Scouring stores for a useful toy, the father became as frustrated as his son.
With invitations already in the mail, I started scouring cookbooks for recipes.
At the other end, regional organisers are scouring London for cheap accommodation.
Those most deeply involved are in a state of nerve-wracking suspended animation until the ruling drops, constantly scouring Twitter for rumours of rumours and Scotusblog for facts.
At its peak, Jardim Gramacho had about 5, 000 catadores, people who spend their days scouring landfills for plastic, paper, wood, metal and anything else that can be sold to recycling companies.
But recently, while I was watching "Telephone" for the fifth or sixth time, and scouring the Web for deconstructions of its multiple meanings, I began to understand why I love it so much.
On Monday, he has 50 volunteers working for Bharat Seva Dal, his non-governmental organisation, scouring the grounds for anyone who looks lost, bringing them to the camp and making announcements.
What about our poorer and distant neighbors, the folk elsewhere in Africa and India, for example, scouring nearly around the clock for the means of basic survival such as finding relative safety, drinkable water, and food of any kind that we, with our self-induced complicated lives, take for granted as a basic given?
Like most of us, she did thorough research, scouring the internet for insight and recommendations.
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They have claimed that they are scouring the documents for names of Afghan informants.
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On the face of it, scouring the world for a superstar makes perfect sense.
There he indulged his obsession, scouring the region for out-of-circulation fragrances to add to his personal collection.
The developments have American apparel companies scouring other countries for factory sites and have raised concerns in China.
Neal has 80 people scouring the world for businesses to buy, although the most obvious deals are already done.
Officials said hundreds of police were scouring the forests for the rebels.
And according to sources over at The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is scouring its books for cost savings but is hoping to avoid layoffs.
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Since the Cage auction, collectors, under a cloud since 1994, when a bubble in "brand-new collectible" comics collapsed, have been scouring their attics for treasures.
As Spring break approaches, some travelers are scouring the Internet for one last ski trip or a warm weather getaway to replenish vitamin D levels.
Investors from elsewhere in the Gulf, including Qatar and Abu Dhabi, are scouring the world for undeveloped farmland to buy, especially in Pakistan and Sudan.
Authorities are still scouring the area for survivors -- and answers.
"This chemical acts as the eyes and ears of the immune system, scouring the body for diseased cells, " said Heather Andrews, one of the researchers.
Besides not having to deal with squalling siblings, scouring the web for hard to find items keeps the element of surprise for the big day.
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Jim Breyer of Accel Partners, who ranked number one on the recent Forbes Midas list, has an affiliate team scouring China looking for the next Tencent.
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Mitchell-Hedges was more into battling giant fish than appreciating them, and he spent his time on Tobacco Caye alternately big-game fishing and scouring the islands for Mayan ruins.
Lenders scouring the landscape for borrowers seeded progressively worse deals.
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The consumer groups involved in the exercise each spent three hours scouring the internet for bogus homeworking schemes, business opportunities, lotteries, chain letters and pyramid investment plans - known as cyber-scams.
In the half century since Cloud and Barghoorn began scouring the globe for similar sites, the history of life on Earth has been traced back nearly three and a half billion years.
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