Wednesday, September 02
"Zootopia 2" had a roaring and record-setting opening at the box office. The animated animal city sequel from the Walt Disney Company brought in $96 million in North America over the weekend, earned $156 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame, and scored a staggering $556 million globally since its Wednesday opening, according to studio estimates Sunday. That made it the highest international opening ever for an animated movie, the fourth highest global debut of any kind, and the top international opener of 2025."Wicked: For Good" stayed aloft in its second weekend for Universal Pictures, earning another $62.8 million domestically over the weekend for a North American total of $270.4 million. The second half of the "Wicked" saga has brought in $393 million internationally. The pair o
ET Intelligence Group: Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) continued to show higher interest in the domestic primary market in November compared with the secondary market for the fifth consecutive month amid a sustained flow of IPOs. They invested net $1.3 billion (₹11,894.7 crore) in the primary market, their highest investment in four months. In addition, they once again turned net sellers in the secondary market, reporting an outflow of $1.8 billion (₹15,659.3 crore) after buying equities worth $448.1 million in the previous month. Considering net flows in the primary and secondary markets together, FPIs were net sellers of $424 million (₹3,764.6 crore) worth of Indian equities in November. For the first 11 months of 2025, foreign investors were net sellers of $16.4 billion (₹1.4
FMCG major Hindustan Unilever on Monday announced the appointment of Vandana Suri to its Management Committee (MC) as Executive Director, Home Care.She is succeeding Srinandan Sundaram, who will take over as CEO of Unilever International, an HUL statement said. The changes will be effective from January next year.The MC of HUL, which oversees the operations of the FMCG giant, is led by CEO & Managing Director Priya Nair and includes leaders for various functions and categories.Suri is currently the General Manager, Beauty & Wellbeing for Unilever Indonesia. She has over 20 years of experience and has worked with multinationals such as PepsiCo, Tetra Pak and Nielsen, before joining HUL in 2011.She led the premium laundry portfolio at HUL and consistently delivered strong growth duri
The UK is poised to agree on a major pharmaceuticals deal with the U.S., which will mean zero import tariffs on pharmaceutical products into the U.S. and lead to an increase in NHS spending on medicines, The Times reported on Monday.The UK government is understood to have agreed to lower an industry sales rebate rate on NHS drug prices and to also improve the NHS's cost-effectiveness measure for drugs, the report said, citing industry sources.The British government will commit to increasing the percentage of the NHS budget that it spends on medicines, it said.Reuters couldn't immediately verify the report.
