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sdVoa美股市再次遭遇重创 Renewed concerns about the health of the global economy produced another roller-coaster ride in financial markets Friday. Asian shares took a beating. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 3%, while Japan’s Nikkei lost more than 2.5%. The main indexes in Europe extended losses from the previous day - declining more than 1% as a trading day came to a close. Howard Wheeldon is a senior strategist at BGC Partners. “Markets, when they don’t see the potential for growth, they look back on themselves, and when fear and the lack of understanding comes and where the politicians are going - you put all that together - and markets just run away, that’s basically what we are seeing.” Wall Street added to its losses this week, following warnings from investment bank Morgan Stanley that the United States and the 17 nations that use the euro may be on the brink of a recession. 本周五，对全球经济良性发展的再度担忧，使金融市场如坐”过山车”，经历惊险的大起大落。亚洲股市遭到重创，香港恒生指数下跌了3%，而日本日经指数亦下跌超过2.5%。欧洲主要股市指数在前一天的基础上继续下跌，最终在该交易日以下跌1%收场。霍华德威尔顿是BGC Partner公司的高级策略师。”对于当前的市场，当人们看不到其发展的潜力时，就会自我反思，究竟这些忧虑、不解的情绪是何时出现的？并质疑政客们的所作所为，他们究竟去了哪里？这些因素聚集在一起，投资者们失去信心纷纷撤出，这就是我们现在看到的基本状况。”本周，华尔街损失加剧。同时，投资银行摩根士丹利的警告道，美国和其他17个使用欧元的国家可能正处于经济萧条的边缘。 sdVoa生儿心脏病不容小觑Experts Recommend Screening Newborns for Heart One of the scariest things a new parent can hear is, “your baby has a birth defect.” But some of the most dangerous birth defects are invisible ones, such as deformities in the baby’s tiny heart. Now, a group of U.S. experts is recommending that all newborns get a simple, inexpensive screening for critical heart defects. Congenital heart disease only affects about one birth out of 120 in the United States, and only a fraction of those are considered critical. But given the number of babies born each year, it adds up. About 3/4 of critical heart defects can be identified by routine tests already in use. “But unfortunately there’re still cases that can slip through. And the challenge is that it can be almost impossi