Closing of Chicago trading pits: a requiem for family ties
July 02, 2015 at 11:51 AM EDT
CHICAGO, July 2 (Reuters) - Thomas Cashman was not long out of law school when his dad, Tom, brought him to the Chicago Board of Trade soybean pit in 1994. The two spent the next 10 years trading side by side, until Thomas moved upstairs to begin trading on computer screens.