01 Feb 2018 --- Unilever has reported better-than-expected growth in the fourth-quarter underlying sales driven by a step-up in emerging markets as its restructuring program continues to yield results. The maker of Marmite and Ben & Jerry's ice cream said its underlying sales rose by 4.0 percent in the final quarter of 2017, an improvement from growth of 3.0 percent in the first half and 2.6 percent in the third quarter, and above the company-supplied consensus forecasts of 3.7 percent.