TASK DEFINITION: Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.
PROBLEM: EMSA Deputy Chairman of the Board Juri Lember told BNS on Wednesday that this was the first time he heard about the strike as the Swedish side had not informed the Estonian union yet .

SOLUTION: negative

PROBLEM: The Estonian electronic components factory , Elcoteq , is running out of material because of the closure of air traffic .

SOLUTION: negative

PROBLEM: Both operating profit and net sales for the nine-month period increased , respectively by 26.6 % and 3.4 % , as compared to the corresponding period in 2006 .

SOLUTION:
positive