Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, October 29th:  United Microelectronics (UMC) : This company which specializes in providing foundry services for high performance semiconductor applications, carries a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.1% over the last 60 days.United Microelectronics has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 11.33 compared with 21.30 for the indu ...