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Worldwide, Fourth-quarter reports compiled from wire services * Peabody Energy Corp., the largest U.S.

coal producer, said net income rose to $162.2 million, or $1.21 a share, from $67.9 million, or 51 cents, a year earlier.

* Consol Energy Inc., the third biggest, said fourth-quarter profit surged as record demand from utilities raised prices for the power-plant fuel.

Profit at Pittsburgh-based Consol climbed to $87.6 million, or 94 cents a share, from $67.7 million, or 74 cents.

* United Parcel Service Inc.

said fourth-quarter profit rose 21 percent as the company transported more goods worldwide.

Net income increased to $1.05 billion, or 95 cents a share, from $866 million, or 76 cents, a year earlier.

Sales rose 22 percent to $12 billion from $9.84 billion.

* AT&T Inc., in its first earnings report since the combination of SBC Communications Inc.

and AT&T Corp., said net income rose to $1.66 billion, or 46 cents a share, from $688 million, or 21 cents, a year Advertisement earlier.

Sales gained 26 percent to $13 billion.

* Dow Chemical Co.

said profit rose 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter as prices ...

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