Kinder Morgan Energy Partners

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With interest rates at historic lows and traditional low-risk vehicles paying rock-bottom returns, more and more investors are turning to once-obscure investments that promise much more income than you'll get from a bank CD right now.

Energy Delivery Company Kinder Morgan Files for $1.5 Billion IPO

Three years after it went private in a management buyout, Texas-based Kinder Morgan, which provides transportation and storage for oil and natural gas, has filed for an initial public offering worth as much as $1.5 billion. Is stock-market appetite returning?