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The consumer goods company, which also owns brands such as Vaseline and Liquid I.V., reported third-quarter underlying sales growth of 3.9%, beating analysts' expectations of 3.7% from a company-compiled poll, while keeping its 2025 outlook unchanged. Sign up here. Earlier this week, it said the spin-off of its ice cream business, originally scheduled for November 10, has been delayed due to the U.S. government shutdown. Unilever on Thursday projected the spin-off to be completed in the fourth quarter, but provided no further details on the revised timetable. Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Sherry Jacob-Phillips