Daily Watch List: Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE:BHLB), Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO), Athersys (NASDAQ:ATHX)

Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSTI) shares moved up 14.14% in last trading session and ended the day at $1.13. PSTI Gross Margin is 100.00% and its has a return on assets of -40.80%. Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSTI) quarterly performance is -35.43%.

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: PSTI) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted the Company’s PLX-PAD cells Orphan Drug Designation in the treatment of severe preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is among the most common medical complications of pregnancy and a leading cause of premature births, stillbirths and neonatal and maternal deaths. There is no cure except delivery. Due to high risks to the mother, women diagnosed with severe preeclampsia are usually delivered promptly, even if the baby will be born prematurely and may suffer permanent disabilities as a result. Severe preeclampsia occurs in approximately 1% of pregnancies in Western countries.

Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) ended the last trading day at $32.26. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.14% and price to cash ratio as 9.63. Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) showed a weekly performance of 0.44%.

According to UK-based Daily Mail, Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) is working on a “mouth-watering” £140 billion ($207 billion) merger with Liberty Global plc – Class A Ordinary Shares.

On 31 December, Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. (NYSE:BHLB) shares fell -2.64% and was closed at $29.11. BHLB EPS growth in last 5 year was 23.70%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. (NYSE:BHLB) year to date (YTD) performance is 12.18%.

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:BHLB) from a sell rating to a buy rating in a report published on Tuesday morning, MarketBeat reports. Zacks Investment Research currently has $33.00 target price on the stock.

Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) shares advanced 1.70% in last trading session and ended the day at $12.59. MRO Gross Margin is 61.20% and its has a return on assets of -1.40%. Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) quarterly performance is -17.53%.

Team, Inc. announced that Sylvia J. Kerrigan, 50, has been appointed to the Team Board of Directors. Ms. Kerrigan is the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) and has served in that position since 2012. From 2009 to 2012, Ms. Kerrigan served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Marathon Oil. Ms. Kerrigan will stand for re-election at Team’s upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders in May 2016.

Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHX) caters to the Healthcare space. Its weekly performance is -8.04%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up at $1.03. Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHX) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 9.60%.

After market close on December 17, 2015, Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHX) entered into a common stock purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC (“Aspire Capital”), which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, Aspire Capital is committed to purchase up to an aggregate of $30.0 million of shares of the Company’s common stock over the 36-month term of the Purchase Agreement. In consideration for entering into the Purchase Agreement, concurrently with the execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to Aspire Capital 250,000 shares of its common stock (the “Commitment Shares”).