Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, August 7th:  Brookfield Business Partners (BBU) : This company which own and operate business services and industrial operations, carries a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 0.7% over the last 60 days.Brookfield Business Partners' has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 4.58 compared with 25.10 for the industry. The company poss ...