Updating Buckeye Partners L.P., L Brands Inc., and Molson Coors Brewing Co.

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BUCKEYE PARTNERS L.P. $33 (New York symbol BPL; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Units outstanding: 153.8 million; Market cap: $5.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 9.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.buckeye.com) operates 9,700 kilometres of pipelines in the U.S. Northeast and Midwest. Its network pumps gasoline, jet fuel and other petroleum products. Buckeye recently sold its 50% in VTTI (which operates 135 oil terminals) and other pipelines for $975 million. It has also sold some of its less-important pipelines and terminals for $450 million. Those proceeds will help it pay for a new oil terminal near Corpus Christi, Texas. Buckeye will own 50% of this project; Phillips 66 Partners (New York symbol PSXP) and Marathon Petroleum (New York symbol MPC) each own 25%. Buckeye’s share of the construction costs is about $475 million. The new terminal could begin operating by the end of 2019. Buckeye Partners is a buy. L BRANDS INC. $27 (New York symbol LB; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 275.1 million; Market cap:…