TASK DEFINITION: Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.
PROBLEM: Kone 's net sales rose by some 14 % year-on-year in the first nine months of 2008 .

SOLUTION: positive

PROBLEM: Cargo traffic fell 1 % year-on-year to 8,561 tonnes in September 2009 .

SOLUTION: negative

PROBLEM: Finnish electronics contract manufacturer Scanfil reports net sales of EUR 58.9 mn in the second quarter of 2007 , down from EUR 62.4 mn a year earlier .

SOLUTION:
negative