Stocks To Watch For December 16

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Research In Motion Limited

RIMM

reported a sharp decline in its FQ3 earnings, and issued a downbeat view for the current period. RIMM shares dipped 7.60% to $13.98 in the after-hours trading session. Adobe Systems Incorporated

ADBE

reported a 35% decline in its Q4 earnings. Adobe's quarterly earnings came in at $0.67 per share, excluding items, on sales of $1.15 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.60 per share on sales of $1.09 billion. ADBE shares surged 5.56% to $27.93 in after-hours trading. Wall Street expects Darden Restaurants Inc

DRI

to report its FQ2 earnings at $0.42 per share on sales of $1.83 billion. DRI shares fell 0.11% to $43.69 in the after-hours trading session. Fitch Ratings cut the long-term issuer default ratings and viability ratings of Barclays PLC

BCS

, Bank of America Corp

BAC

, Credit Suisse AG

, Deutsche Bank AG

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, BNP Paribas

BNPQY

and Goldman Sachs Group Inc

. Fitch also lowered the viability ratings of Morgan Stanley

and Societe Generale

SCGLF

. Salesforce.com Inc

CRM

announced its plans to buy Rypple for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is likely to close by the end of April 2012. CRM shares gained 0.46% to $107.20 in after-hours trading.

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