CME sees $10 mln savings per year from closing futures pits – (Reuters)

The End of The Pits – (Points and Figures)

CME to close most futures pits in Chicago – (Crain’s Chicago)

Alternatives:

US endowments pare bets on alternatives – (FT)

Robo-Advisors don’t like Alternatives – (Wealthfront)

Managed Futures January Performance — (Attain Alternatives Blog)

Oil:

Lifting the ban on crude-oil exports should be next – (The Economist)

7 Technical Indicators to Tell When the Crude Sell Off is Over – (Attain Alternatives Blog)

Jobs Report:

Revisions Made This A Blockbuster Jobs Report – (Five Thirty Eight)

Financial Tech:

5 things I learned by leaving Wall Street to run a startup – (Business Insider)

Just for Fun:

First stars appeared 100m years later than thought, research finds – (The Guardian)

Twitter Reaches Deal to Show Tweets in Google Search Results – (Bloomberg)

Madam President, Role Model In Chief – (Medium)

Outrage Over Government’s Animal Experiments Leads To USDA Review – (NPR)

Counties where German-Americans are the largest ethnic group – (The Economist)

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher want their daughter to be the first Female NFL Coach and with the Chicago Bears – (CSN Chicago)