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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE
Barclays says the S&P 500 will reach 4,000 by the end of 2021, along with a 10-year Treasury yield of 1.25%. See full story.
U.K. becomes first country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine with shots due next week
First 800,000 doses will arrive in U.K. in the coming days, with those most at risk at the top of the priority list See full story.
Health-care workers and nursing-home residents should be the first to get COVID-19 vaccine, CDC committee says
‘We are acting none too soon,’ one committee member said Tuesday. See full story.
To slow down a killer virus, Spain breaks with decades-old Christmas traditions
Many countries are trying to figure out what the Christmas holiday will look like amid an unrelenting second COVID-19 wave. Spain is feeling its way through and hoping to emerge without a bigger breakout. See full story.
Salesforce’s deal for Slack creates a bigger threat to Microsoft
With a $27.7 billion deal to buy Slack Technologies Inc. — its biggest acquisition yet — Salesforce.com Inc. is poised to become an even bigger threat to Microsoft Corp. in the world of corporate software. But it could be its toughest merger yet. See full story.
MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE
Thousands of evictions are moving forward across the country, even though the CDC has ostensibly banned them. See full story.
