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Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.
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The growth of net sales in the first half of 2008 has been 28 % compared with the first half of 2007 .
answer:
positive

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9 September 2010 - Finnish stationery and gift retailer Tiimari HEL : TII1V said today its net sales rose by 2 % year-on-year to EUR5 .7 m in August 2010 , driven by growth in Finland , while demand in the Baltics remained weak .
answer:
positive

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2009 3 February 2010 - Finland-based steel maker Rautaruukki Oyj ( HEL : RTRKS ) , or Ruukki , said today it slipped to a larger-than-expected pretax loss of EUR46m in the fourth quarter of 2009 from a year-earlier profit of EUR45m .
answer:
negative