Breaking News Alert: Dragon Capital Group — July 26, 2010

MIAMI, FL–(Marketwire – 07/26/10) – Stock Market Alerts’ performance stock list includes: Dragon Capital Group Corp. (Pinksheets: DRGV – News ), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG – News ), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ – News ) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL – News ). This morning, Dragon Capital Group (Pinksheets: DRGV – News ), a leading holding company of emerging high-tech companies in China …

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News: IGN Dragon Age 2 report debunked

BioWare shoots down dialogue claims. BioWare has corrected an error-riddled IGN preview of Dragon Age 2, explaining that there are more than three dialogue choices per conversation. “I’m not really sure where the ‘there are only three options for dialogue’ impression they got came from,” wrote Mike Laidlaw, lead DA2 designer, on the BioWare forum. “Perhaps it was when I showed one half of the …

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Review: ‘DarkStar One: Broken Alliance’ needs fixing up

“DarkStar One” is not as simple as, say, “Asteroids,” but it’s pared down and lacks polish. Nothing comes easy in “Dragon Quest IX,” and it’s that challenge that keeps you coming back.

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Dragon boats will roar soon

When the Dragon Boats return to Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on August 7 and 8, they will race for more than prize money and glory – they will also race to celebrate the competition’s 20th year as a Queens tradition.

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Kristen Stewart will not be ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

Sony are continuing their search for the perfect female to play the role of Lisbeth Salander, in the movie “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” but it seems that Kristen Stewart has not made the cut.

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RPG is a familiar tale, well told

“Dragon Quest IX” offers an open-ended quest that proves more satisfying than the recent “Final Fantasy.”

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Dragon Oil says H1 production below expectations

* Daily oil production 8 pct higher vs guidance of 10-15 pct

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GAMES: Old-school ‘Dragon Quest IX’ soars

The role-playing game has undergone a remarkable evolution over the last decade. Once, the genre was defined by its pseudo-medieval settings and slow-paced action. But recent RPGs like “Mass Effect” and “Fallout 3” have shifted the storytelling into the future while making fighting more visceral, demanding reflexes as much as strategy.

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Games Review: Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

THERE aren’t many videogames that can claim to have inspired a ballet, an opera and a chain of pubs, but Dragon Quest is one of them. THERE aren’t many video games that can claim to have inspired a ballet, an opera and a chain of pubs, but Dragon Quest is one of them.

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Petaluma’s river revival

Thousands turned out Saturday for the first-ever Rivertown Revival held Saturday on the Petaluma River, an eclectic mix of music, dancing, crafts and contests including an art boat competition won by a floating dragon.

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Beware the dragon

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Zoologger: Secret to long life found… in a baby dragon

The mysterious olm was once believed to be a juvenile dragon – now it is providing valuable clues in the quest for the elixir of life

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Last blast from dragon boaters

The International Dragon Boat Festival at Del Crary Park ended a month ago, but some of the teams that participated would still like us to pass along their thanks.[...]

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Prize lets beauty entrepreneur employ husband

AN enterprising mother who creates natural beauty products got a Dragon’s Den-style boost just when she needed it.

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When the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one

Dragon Quest IX’s new multiplayer features are innovative, but they lessen the solo experience

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China’s icebreaker sails among floe ice in the Chukchi Sea

Chinese expedition team members get preparation for a helicopter on the deck of China’s icebreaker “Xue Long”, or “Snow Dragon”, July 22, 2010. The Snow Dragon sailed to sea-ice field in the Chukchi Sea and a helicopter is sent to check floe ice condition.

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Dragon shareholders vote against plan to shut funds

Shareholders in two funds valued at US6 million run by Dragon Capital Group Ltd., Vietnam’s second- largest investment firm, on Monday voted down with a large majority a proposal to close them.

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Communities notebook: Peace Dragon Warriors place second in B Division

The Peace Dragon Warriors women’s team of Salem took second place in an event July 10 in Kent, Wash.

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Former Meadowdale QB Eric Marty wins title in Europe

Danube Dragons quarterback Eric Marty threw for 327 yards, three touchdowns and added a rushing touchdown in a dramatic 28-21 victory over the hometown Innsbruck Raiders in front of a crowd of 5,000 in Austrian Bowl XXVI.

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Catalans Dragons 22 Crusaders 26

Crusaders earned a vital engage Super League victory this evening by coming from behind to sink Catalans Dragons in a dramatic encounter in France. The win left the Welsh side just two points behind the top eight and gave them an historic double over the Dragons this season.

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Larsson’s Millennium trilogy hits the million mark on e-books, ‘Dragon Tattoo’ No. 1 on Kindle

NEW YORK, N.Y. – It’s electronic milestone time for Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf says the late Swedish author’s blockbuster thrillers have sold more than 1 million copies in the e-book editions.

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Marshall awakens sleeping dragons

Queens got a taste of Far East tradition as the borough president helped awake a sleeping dragon on the steps of Borough Hall on Tuesday, July 13.

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Bees Rained out in Homestand Finale

Burlington, IA (July 19, 2010) – The Burlington Bees and Dayton Dragons were rained out in the scheduled finale of a three-game series at Community Field on Monday night. The game will not be made up, as this was the final scheduled meeting between the two clubs this season.

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Hawk Creek’s Renaissance Festival will Feature TV Show Host

Hawk Creek Wildlife Center invites guests to experience “a medieval spectacle that will take you, family, and friends on an enchanted adventure,” the Wild Renn Fest on July 17, 18, 24 and 25. Visitors can witness the aerial acrobatics of free-flying birds during the Royal Tournament, explore the center to find the truth about dragons, listen to live music and even watch as armored knights joust …

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