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Sentence: "The company said that sales in the three months to the end of March slid to EUR86.4 m US$113.4 m from EUR91.2 m last year" Negative

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Sentence: "Growth is expected to continue in 2008" Positive

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Sentence: "The number of salaried employees and group administration employees to be dismissed from the Sievi units is 17" Negative

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Sentence: "OTHER North-Rhine Westphalia - Is to issue a benchmark, 5 year fixed rate deal in Euros" Neutral

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Sentence: "Vanhanen said the strike would be ``extremely damaging'' as some 1,300 participants and reporters begin to arrive in Finland for the one-day EU summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Lahti, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Helsinki" Negative

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Sentence: "Operating profit, excluding non-recurring items, totalled EUR 2.2 mn, down from EUR 2.7 mn in the corresponding period in 2008"