REPUBLIC AMERICAN&lt;RAWC.O> UPS BUCKEYE&lt;BPL> STAKE
  Republic American Corp told the
  Securities and Exchange Commission it raised its stake in
  Buckeye Partners L.P. to 963,200 limited partnership units, or
  8.0 pct of the total, from 744,200 units, or 6.2 pct.
      Republic, which is controlled by Cincinnati, Ohio,
  financier Carl Lindner and his American Financial Corp, said it
  bought 219,000 Buckeye units between May 14 and 22 at prices
  ranging from 22.49 to 23.02 dlrs each, or about 5.0 mln dlrs
  total.
  

