The change in the numbers over time will tell us whether Wal-Mart is heading for a crash or whether it might survive.
"While smartphone sales continued on their torrid pace in the fourth quarter, the seeds of change are evident in the sales numbers, " Baker said.
ENGADGET: NPD: Apple tops Q4 US smartphone sales, Samsung a strong second place
Regional workforce figures show that during the same period there was only a marginal change in the numbers of district nursing staff across the region.
And in the Democratic presidential contest, despite reports to the contrary, there has been no significant change in the candidates' polling numbers.
In January, Scarlets coach Nigel Davies called for a change in the Welsh regions' boundaries in order to increase player numbers in the Llanelli-based side's geographical area of control.
But according to John Salt and James Clarke of the Migration Research Unit of University College London, who have pulled together a lot of the numbers on labour flows, a striking change in the sources of foreign labour is taking place.
We are in a period of concentrated change and innovation which is reflected in the numbers.
However, other analysts said that while the change in timing of the New Year celebrations did have an impact on the numbers, the overall trend was that of a recovery in the Chinese economy.
The CDC expects U.S. numbers will grow and recommendations will change depending on what happens in individual communities, said the CDC's Schuchat.
CNN: Regular flu season precautions advised in current outbreak
But Mohammed al-Masri of the University of Jordan believes the country's opposition activists are still too divided to muster the critical numbers on the street to bring about a mass movement for change as seen in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria and Libya.
Their views can change in an instant, casting all the existing numbers into oblivion.
What these numbers really reflect is the change in what is being considered a computing device.
FORBES: Microsoft's Market Share Drops From 97% to 20% In Just Over A Decade
Most people are satisfied with their health care, but large numbers also see the need for change in the system.
For you are quite deliberately placing individual numbers (per capita) against unit (household) numbers without taking into account the change in the number of capitas in the unit.
MSPs are due to debate the future make-up of the parliament on Wednesday but they will be mindful that only a change in the Scotland Act at Westminster will prevent a reduction in their numbers.
And the change is most dramatic in states not known for having large numbers of immigrants.
But they are not significant in the numbers and they have not been enough to change the basic calculus of the fight at this point.
Of course, if you live in a state with no income tax, the numbers will change, but that federal exemption is still a big deal.
After all, if you give a brilliant, inspiring, audience-centered presentation about those 3Q numbers, you will change the attitudes of your team in the room with you.
For a country about to borrow their own annual GDP in order to keep afloat, those numbers have the potential to change everything.
The numbers, measured by data outfit 7Digital, reflected the change in the rate of downloads in the 24 hours surrounding the Grammys as compared with the average of each of the seven previous days.
FORBES: Grammy Aftermath: Mumford & Sons See Sales Spike, But Bruno Mars Is Top Social Gainer
Such numbers are in any event small change compared with other losses looming over the company.
ECONOMIST: Christmas woes for Britain��s once-great flag carrier
I've been checking the numbers of houses for sale in several areas over recent months, and the change has been startling - much more, indeed, than a 20 per cent fall in sales seems able to explain.
The numbers change as we get older, with the overall frequency of all communication declining, but even in the 65 and over group, daily texting still edges calling 4.7 to 3.8.
CNN: We never talk any more: The problem with text messaging
应用推荐