Part 1. Definition
Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.
Part 2. Example
According to Gran , the company has no plans to move all production to Russia , although that is where the company is growing .
Answer: neutral
Explanation: Although the author uses negative words like 'no' in the news, there is no evidence of the news being positive or negative for any stakeholder. Hence, the output should be neutral and the classification is correct.
Part 3. Exercise
External net sales from the printing business fell by 43.7 % , partly due to the termination of the printing contract between Ilkka-Yhtyma 's printing house I-print Oy and sector player HSS Media AB in December 2009 and the fall in printing prices .
Answer:
negative