May 20 (Bloomberg) — Rob Summers, a 25-year-old day trader paralyzed from the chest down five years ago, now stands on his own with the aid of a Medtronic Inc. device originally designed for a different application. The device, sold by Minneapolis-based Medtronic to control pain, delivers electrical stimulation to Summers’ lower spinal cord that helps him move his toes, ankles, knees and hips, and even take steps on a treadmill with the aid of a harness. Shannon Pettypiece reports on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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by AMANDA WHITE on March 16, 2011
The average corporate defined-benefit plan in the US has outperformed the Callan DC index by 1.61 per cent since 2006, although this is partly due to a difference in fee reporting. Since the index’s inception five years ago, the index has reported annualised returns of 3.14 per cent, while the
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DB beats DC in unequal race
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