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

Q: '' Every partner will be allowed to buy a quantity of electricity corresponding to their share in the consortium , at production cost , '' a letter of intent said .

A: neutral
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Q: Operating profit excluding non-recurring items was EUR 7.8 million compared to EUR 11.2 million .

A: negative
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Q: '' The bond gathered subscriptions from some 400 investors and the issued amount can be considered substantial taking into account the main target group -- retail investors , '' Citycon CFO Eero Sihvonen said .

A:
neutral
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