Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong income characteristics for investors to consider today, December 16th:ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) : This global container liner shipping company which provides container shipping and related services in Israel and internationally, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 35.7% over the last 60 days.This Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) company has a dividend yield of 5.8%, compared with the industry average of 3.6 ...