Stocks To Watch For September 21, 2012

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Software giant Oracle Corp

shares were modestly down in after-hours trading on Thursday. The company had reported weaker than expected first quarter revenues. McDonald's Corp

Thursday announced after the closure of the markets that its board of directors had authorized a 10% increase in its quarterly cash dividend to 77 cents a shares, payable December 17 to shareholders of record as of December 3. Darden Restaurants Inc

, known for its Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains is expected to report first quarter profit of 83 cents per share on revenues of $2.03 billion, according to a analyst poll by Factset.