Still, it's the company's first sequential quarterly decline, down 3% from the fourth quarter of 2008.
This is likely to have a significant negative impact on its year-over-year and sequential revenue figures.
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But everything happens in thes moments of mystery, then it collapses down to a sequential pattern.
Wipro, on the other hand, is expected to report 1.1 percent sequential increase in net profit.
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In North America, Halliburton saw sequential revenues slide 1% while operating income surged 30%.
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In other words, the sequential trend was starting to look like a downhill race.
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Although sequential improvements are solid indicators, that these trends worsened year-over-year is a legitimate concern.
While sequential growth of 6.1% was encouraging, HP suffered a 0.2% decline from Q3 2009.
We can chop the data up into overall usage, sequential usage, multitasking, cross-platforming, whatever.
In each of the last five quarters, Air Lease has seen a sequential increase in revenue.
Despite his non-sequential chapters, Mr Winner conjurs up some fairly intriguing patterns of his own.
On a sequential basis, average home prices continued to be lower for the ninth straight month.
On the other hand, DRAM average selling prices remained low with a sequential decline of 11%.
Nokia said it sold 4.4 million units in the quarter, which represents a 50% sequential improvement.
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And not to be outdone the company saw a 40% sequential improvement in operating income.
The largest chipmakers have essentially retained the same market share on both a sequential and yearly basis.
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That's well below the industry's 23% sequential gain and the 30% increase IDC lists for Compaq Computer.
The price of silver in the first quarter was much lower on a year-over-year and sequential basis.
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Of the top ten smartphone OEMs, only Samsung and Sony experienced sequential growth in shipments over 4Q'2011.
The action is measured, paced, sequential--the pitcher pitches, the batter swings, the fielder catches ... or doesn't.
If such heaters were covered with thermoelectric generators the sun's rays could be put to sequential use.
Regardless, its chicken unit swung back into profitability, on a sequential basis, while pork products remained strong.
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The short time between thought and execution of an idea encouraged sequential picture-taking and self-portraiture of all kinds.
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The cameras also offer 8-Megapixel still photos, sequential shooting, and a number of modes including macro photo capability.
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But on a sequential basis, DAUs were down 6% from 60 million in the third quarter of 2012.
Non-GAAP gross margins increased modestly on a sequential basis, but were down a sharp 2% year over year.
The company notes that lower sequential profits from product revenue will bemore than offset by the insurance proceeds.
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But the unit did manage a sequential volume uptick of nearly 3 Million units, to 19.6 Million units.
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Hovnanian Enterprises, a major, family controlled builder, just reported a bulge in the sequential rate of contract cancellations.
In terms of guidance, Dell expects a 2 to 5% sequential increase in revenue for the fourth quarter.
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