In ADR news, Ericsson ( ERIC ) CEO Hans Vestberg is on the list of potential candidates to replace departing Microsoft ( MSFT ) head Steve Ballmer, Bloomberg News reported. European stocks were slipped, giving back some of its recent gains to six-year highs. Also, Eurostat confirmed its preliminary reading that eurozone CPI rose 0.3% from November, and was up 0.8% from December 2012.