Sale frees up cash for buybacks

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CHEVRON CORP. $110 (New York symbol CVX; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares o/s: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $209.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Divd. yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.chevron.com) continues to sell some of its less-important assets to focus on its main oil and gas operations. As part of that plan, the company plans to sell its 40% stake in the Rosebank offshore oil discovery in the North Sea. Chevron has yet to reveal the price, but the sale lets it avoid the high costs of developing the project. The proceeds will also help the company with its plan to buy back $3 billion worth of its common shares annually. Chevron is a buy. buy…