Two years later, the investors pursued the massive merger with Kraft Foods Group. (For more, see also: Why Kraft Heinz Will Be a Winner Long-Term.) Kraft Started With Cheese. Kraftâs origins began with Canadian immigrant James L. Kraft, who started a wholesale door-to-door cheese business in Chicago with his brothers. They incorporated it in 1909.
Columbus Day schedule announced. U.S stock markets will be open for business on Monday, October 8, 2012. However, since it is a bank holiday, Monday will not be a settlement date. Bond markets will be closed on Monday, October 8. All funds will be open for normal business Monday. Note that money market funds will be open for T + 1 trading on Monday, since it is a bank holiday. Inbound and outbound mail will be delayed one day, as the USPS is closed.
Bond pros are off for Veterans Day on Wednesday. But U.S. stock markets and other capital markets will be open. Hereâs perhaps why. Veterans Day, which is meant to pay homage to U.S. military servicemen and service women, used to be celebrated by stock and bond markets alike, starting as far back as 1938 (some put the date back to 1921).