Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.

We have also cut our price projections for paper and packaging , '' an analyst with Goldman Sachs said on a note on Monday .
negative

Both operating profit and net sales for the 12-month period increased , respectively from EUR20 .8 m and EUR177 .7 m , as compared to the financial year 2004 .
positive

Diluted earnings per share ( EPS ) rose to EUR 3.68 from EUR 0.50 .
positive