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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Question: The growth of net sales in the first half of 2008 has been 28 % compared with the first half of 2007 .

Answer: positive

Question: However , sales returned to growth in April-June 2010 , CEO Pekka Eloholma said .

Answer: positive

Question: Consolidated net sales increased 16 % to reach EUR74 .8 m , while operating profit amounted to EUR0 .9 m compared to a loss of EUR0 .7 m in the prior year period .

Answer:
positive