1 of 15. Members of the Free Syrian Army pose with their weapons and a snowman at the Jouret al Shayah area in Homs January 10, 2013. Picture taken January 10, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Yazan HomsyBEIRUT/GENEVA | Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:30am EST BEIRUT/GENEVA

A company logo of Dell is seen on the cover of its laptop at a Dell outlet in Hong Kong October October 21, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Bobby YipNEW YORK | Fri Feb 1, 2013 2:22am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dell Inc is nearing an agreement to sell itself to

Women hold banners urging national talks to end the political paralysis in the south of Mali, in the capital Bamako January 10, 2013. Mali's army clashed with Islamist rebels along the front line in northern Mali on Thursday and said its forces had

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-Hee arrives at Gimpo airport in Seoul after he visited several European countries and Japan, May 24, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Lee Jae-WonSEOUL | Fri Feb 1, 2013 2:17am EST SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

n">(Reuters) - Shares of Facebook Inc recovered from an 8 percent slide on Thursday, finishing the regular session down less than 1 percent, as Wall Street's initial alarm over mobile revenue results and spending plans subsided.Facebook said on Wednesday

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a news briefing in the main building of Foreign Ministry in Moscow, December 15, 2008. Credit: Reuters/Denis SinyakovMOSCOW | Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:15am EST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow is alarmed

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks next to Vice President Joe Biden (L) after the House of Representatives acted on legislation intended to avoid the ''fiscal cliff,'' at the White House in Washington January 1, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal after arriving at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans September 3, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Larry DowningNEW ORLEANS | Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:51pm EST NEW ORLEANS

1 of 2. U.S. President Barack Obama announces his nomination of White House chief of staff and budget expert Jack Lew (R) as his next treasury secretary, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 10, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Kevin LamarqueWASHINGTON

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) (L), sits down before giving testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 31, 2013. Hagel, 66, is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and a former two-term

U.S. President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense, former Senator Chuck Hagel (L), stands next to counterterrorism adviser John Brennan (R), the nominee for CIA Director, at the White House in Washington January 7, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jason

A visitor walks past Sony's booth at the Camera and Photo Imaging Show 2013 in Yokohama, south of Tokyo January 31, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Yuya ShinoTOKYO | Fri Feb 1, 2013 12:02am EST TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp will this month host its first major