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

Input: Consider Input: - The Group -" s result before taxes was EUR -1.9 ( -3.0 ) million .

Output: negative

Input: Consider Input: Patrizia adds the acquisition to a portfolio already worth EUR3bn .

Output: neutral

Input: Consider Input: Konecranes has previously communicated an estimated reduction of about 1,600 employees on group level in 2009 .
Output: negative