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UPGRADES Credit Suisse upgrades MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM) from Underperform to Neutral with a price target of $13.

Barclays lifts RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) from Underweight to Equalweight. ThinkEquity raises Cree (Nasdaq: CREE) from Hold to Buy, maintains price target of $30.

Barclays boosts OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) from Underweight to Equalweight.

UPGRADES TD Newcrest upgrades Talisman Energy (NYSE: TLM) from Buy to Action List Buy, its price target lowered from $22 to $21. Click Here for more color.

RBC Capital lifts United Rentals (NYSE: URI) from Outperform to Top Pick, its price target raised from $34 to $42.

Oct. 18 -- Dan Scott, a research analyst at Credit Suisse AG, talks about the prospect of a European fiscal union and a resolution to the region's sovereign debt crisis.

High cost of services most-cited reason for not subscribing, Credit Suisse survey...

It was expected that Groupon would file an IPO this year, perhaps in the Spring, and the daily deals company has just done so.

The company's proposed symbol is "GRPN," and Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs are its bankers, with Morgan Stanley leading the underwriting.

Groupon has filed for a much anticipated IPO, aiming to raise up to $750 million.

Last year, the company famously turned down a $6 billion offer from Google.

Now it faces growing competition from all sides (including from Google).

The company lost $413 million last year.

Groupon’s revenue for Q1 this year was $644.7 million. In April, the company acquired Pelago, makers of the Whrrl check-in app.

Since then, the company has been working out deals with other location-based services to get offers in front of more customers when they’re most relevant.

May 23 -- Hiromichi Shirakawa, chief Japan economist at Credit Suisse Group AG in Tokyo and a former Bank of Japan official, talks about the impact of the March 11 earthquake on the country's economy.

This report is an intraday check of some of the more notable stocks that have hit a 52-week high or low so far today. 52-Week High:

• SandRidge Energy, Inc.
  
  (NYSE: SD) high of $10.46. SandRidge reported Q4 loss of $0.07 per share, narrower than the consensus calling for a loss of $0.08 per share.
  
  The stock jumped nearly 14% on the news.
• Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Nasdaq: HERO) high of $5.20.

Credit Suisse Group has reported fourth-quarter earnings of 841 million Swiss francs ($876 million) and cut its goal for profitability.

UPGRADES KeyBanc upgraded Bemis (NYSE: BMS) from Hold to Buy, with a $38 price target. Click Here for more color.

Gleacher & Co. upgrades SanDisk (Nasdaq: SNDK) from Neutral to Buy. Hershey (NYSE: HSY) gets a boost from two today:

• J.P.