NewsWatch: Here are the 3 ways stocks are likely to finish in 2020, says this trader

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

Our call of the day offers up a handful of possibilities that could carry stocks into the end of the year. The good news? The worst of the three options is unlikely. See full story.

CDC director warns the next three months will be ‘the most difficult’ in public health history

About 90% of U.S. hospitals are in ‘hot zones’ with high levels of coronavirus spread, Dr. Robert Redfield says See full story.

What we still don’t know about COVID vaccines after the U.K.’s emergency-use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech candidate

The U.K. government granted emergency use authorization to the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer Inc. and German partner BioNTech SE with some fanfare on Wednesday, but experts cautioned that the news does not mean the pandemic is close to being over. See full story.

Pelosi, Schumer endorse bipartisan fiscal stimulus plan in bid to get talks going

After months of holding out for a larger package, Democratic congressional leaders threw their weight behind a coronavirus stimulus proposal that has bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress. See full story.

ServiceNow is emerging as a cloud-software superpower

In the year since he was named chief executive of ServiceNow Inc. after nearly two decades at SAP, Bill McDermott’s new company continues to be one of the fastest-growing major cloud vendors. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

‘If you get into too many of these installments arrangements it can conceal the true picture of your financial situation.’ See full story.