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: Net sales of Finnish food industry company L+nnen Tehtaat 's continuing operations increased by 13 % in 2008 to EUR 349.1 mn from EUR 309.6 mn in 2007 .

Answer: positive

Question: Arto Ryymin , born 1964 , will replace Juhani Kaisanlahti who has worked as acting EVP , Healthcare & Welfare since August 2007 .

Answer: neutral

Question: Swedbank 's shares have been hardest hit of the Swedish banks by the ongoing international financial crisis .

Answer:
negative