SRL for [decreased]: Perhaps most prominent , Dow Chemical Co. , which as of midyear had racked up eight consecutive record quarters , is expected to report that profit [decreased] in the latest quarter from a year earlier , if only by a shade .
ARG-1: profit | ARG-M-TMP: in the latest quarter | ARG-3: from a year earlier | ARG-M-MNR: if only by a shade