instruction:
Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.
question:
Equity ratio was 60.9 % compared to 54.2 % In the third quarter of 2007 , net sales of the Frozen Foods Business totaled EUR 11.0 , up by about 5 % from the third quarter of 2006 .
answer:
positive

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A maximum of 20 employees , who work in Karttakeskus and are responsible for producing Geographic Information Services , will be affected , the company added .
answer:
neutral

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Therefore , the company 's 2005 result will remain weaker than that of 2004 .
answer:
negative