The Kinder Morgan companies released earnings on Oct. 15; here are my notes from the earnings conference call. CEO Richard Kinder discussed his outlook for energy midstream growth opportunities.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. reported third-quarter 2014 earnings from continuing operations of 57 cents per limited partner unit (excluding certain items), missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 62 cents.

If you missed the news in August, Kinder Morgan (KMI) will soon become one of the largest energy companies in the U.S. and will be the best dividend growth stock in the sector.

The surge in North American oil and gas production is arguably the most important development in energy over the last decade. But North America doesn’t have nearly enough oil and gas pipelines to accommodate its output level.

Welcome to edition 207 of Insider Weekends. Insider buying more than quadrupled last week with insiders buying $115.81 million of stock compared to $26.37 million in the week prior.

June E-mini S&Ps (ESM14 -0.19%) this morning are down -0.36% and European stocks are down -0.75%. AstraZeneca is down 13% in pre-market trading and is leading health-care stocks lower after it rejected Pfizer's upward revised $117 billion bid for the company as too low.