TASK DEFINITION: Given a document and an entity the task is to select the author's sentiment towards the entity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the article expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the document expresses no clear view towards the entity or has equal amounts of positive and negative statements or expressing some fact/quote by someone else. Select Negative if the article expresses a negative view towards like harsh remarks, criticizing entities action/decision etc. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Janet Yellen ? Investors had all but ruled out a rate hike at the central bank’s policy meeting this week and attention has largely been focused on who will be in charge of monetary policy at the end of Fed Chair  Janet Yellen ’s first term in February 2018.
President Donald Trump is set to announce his nomination on Thursday afternoon with Fed Governor Jerome Powell  a soft-spoken centrist who has supported  Yellen ’s gradual approach to raising rates  seen as having a lock on the job.
FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) policy meeting  in Washington  U.S. on September 20  2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
FILE PHOTO:  Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen  speaks during a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington  U.S.  September 20  2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Nevertheless   Yellen  and some other key policymakers have said the Fed still expects to continue to gradually raise rates given the strength of the overall economy. In its statement  the central bank reiterated it expects inflation to rise back to its target over the medium term and emphasized that the unemployment rate has declined further.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kobe Steel ? TOKYO (Reuters) - Kobe Steel Ltd supplied parts with false specifications for nuclear equipment owned by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL)  JNFL said on Friday  adding that the products were not used.
 Kobe Steel  has not told JNFL whether there are any safety issues with the parts  the spokesman said. A  Kobe Steel  spokesman confirmed  the company  had fabricated data about specialized coatings used on the parts  adding  the company  had not identified any safety issues.
Tokyo Electric Power Co said earlier this month it had taken delivery of pipes from  Kobe Steel  that were not checked properly.
Japan's atomic regulator has asked nuclear operators to check whether they are using  Kobe Steel  products at nuclear plants  it said on Wednesday  adding it has received no reports that  Kobe Steel 's data tampering scandal has affected safety.
 The unfolding data tampering scandal  has spread from  Kobe Steel 's copper and aluminum business to most areas of  the company  and sent companies at the end of complex supply chains across the world scrambling to check whether the safety or performance of their products has been compromised.
 Kobe Steel  said on Thursday 88 out of 525 affected customers had yet to confirm  its  products were safe in the light of widespread tampering of specifications  but that  it  had not received any requests for recalls.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Timothy Geithner ? Lawmakers facing midterm elections have put pressure on the Obama administration to impose trade sanctions on China. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday stepped up pressure on Beijing to make more progress to let its currency fluctuate. In a speech at the Brookings Institution  Geithner said the United States would make currencies a major topic at international finance meetings this weekend in Washington.
 In a question-and-answer session  Geithner rejected the notion that other nations are letting the United States take the lead in trying to get China to revalue its currency. Critics say other countries fear upsetting Chinese leaders and losing sales for their companies. But Geithner did say the IMF should play a bigger role in monitoring how countries manage their currencies.
 "It is not good for the world  for the burden of solving this broader problem  the exchange rate problem  to rest on the shoulders of the United States " he said.
 He said other nations have been hurt by China's undervalued currency and would like to see Beijing adjust its currency.

SOLUTION:
Positive