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: Nordic banks have already had to write off sizable loans in Latvia , with Swedbank , Nordea , DnB NOR and SEB reporting combined losses in excess of $ 1.35 billion in the period 2007 to 2010 against a backdrop of near economic meltdown in Latvia .

Answer: negative

Question: Aho is proud of the company 's new product , Lordi-Cola .

Answer: neutral

Question: Operating profit totaled EUR 9.4 mn , down from EUR 11.7 mn in 2004 .

Answer:
negative