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: The contract was signed in August with Papua New Guinea-based Lihir Gold Ltd ASX : LGL .

SOLUTION: positive

PROBLEM: '' Lidskoe Pivo 's investment program foresees the integrated modernization of production , updating transport and logistics infrastructure and developing new marketing instruments , '' Mikshis said .

SOLUTION: positive

PROBLEM: The operating loss amounted to EUR 0.8 mn , compared to a profit of EUR 3.9 mn a year earlier .

SOLUTION:
negative