Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.

Input: Consider Input: Due to the rapid decrease in net sales , personnel reductions have been carried out on a wider scale than initially expected .

Output: negative

Input: Consider Input: According to CEO Matti Perkonoja of the parent company HKScan , the company 's performance in the first quarter of 2010 has remained clearly below the level of the corresponding period in 2009 .

Output: negative

Input: Consider Input: The company expects its net sales for the whole 2009 to remain below the 2008 level .
Output: negative