Calliden Wins Major Industry Award for Consolidating Multiple Systems onto SSP's S4i

The press conference will be broadcast over the Internet RIO DE JANEIRO, March 17, 2010 - Petrobras' (NYSE: PBR and PBRA) Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Director, Almir Barbassa, will hold a press conference Friday, March 19, at 5 PM EDT (6 PM Brasilia Time) at the company's main office building, in Rio de Janeiro. The event will be held to announce the company's consolidated economic and financial results for the fourth quarter and for the 2009 fiscal year.

SORT OUT III Data Presented at American College of Cardiology Meeting in Atlanta and Published in the Lancet

COPENHAGEN and SAN FRANCISCO, March 17, 2010 - CCBR - SYNARC, the world's leading provider of centralized imaging, molecular marker analyses and multinational clinical research facilities to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, announced today that Claus Christiansen, M.D., has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company.

BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey, March 17, 2010 - Hamamatsu has introduced the new ORCA-Flash2.8, its first high-sensitivity digital camera based on a next-generation scientific CMOS image sensor. Designed for low-light imaging at high frame rates, the ORCA-Flash2.8 combines high resolution, high sensitivity, high speed, and low noise at an affordable price.