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: Clothing retail chain Sepp+Æl+Æ 's sales increased by 8 % to EUR 155.2 mn , and operating profit rose to EUR 31.1 mn from EUR 17.1 mn in 2004 .

SOLUTION: positive

PROBLEM: On the other hand , Finnish sawmills ' production has decreased even more .

SOLUTION: negative

PROBLEM: Combining this deep domain expertise with our Application Service Management ASM and outsourcing service offerings has now proved to be a winning combination .

SOLUTION:
positive

