MANILA Authentic Victor Hedman Jersey , Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicted Tuesday the Philippine economy to grow 6.5 percent this year as robust domestic demand, including higher public investments in infrastructure and the government's socioeconomic agenda-push growth higher.

In an updated Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2017, the Manila-based bank said infrastructure, social programs and tax reforms that the government will implement will help fuel the country's economy.

ADB said the Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to rise from the 6.4 percent in April forecast to 6.5 percent. GDP growth in 2018 will accelerate to 6.7 percent through increased public investment and household consumption.

"The concerted effort by the Philippine government to improve public project implementation is bearing fruit, as public investment programs help drive continued economic expansion," said Richard Bolt Authentic Jake Dotchin Jersey , ADB country director for the Philippines.

"A strong focus on infrastructure investment and implementation of tax reform will see the country continue its growth momentum through 2018," he added.

The Philippine economy expanded by 6.4 percent in the first half of 2017.

TOKYO, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Thursdaytracking gains on Wall Street overnight and the U.S. dollar's riseafter U.S. President Donald Trump proposed cutting corporate tax to20 percent in a U.S. tax overhaul.

As of 9:15 a.m. local time, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Averageadded 102.60 points, or 0.51 percent, from Wednesday to20 Authentic Braydon Coburn Jersey ,369.65.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the TokyoStock Exchange, meanwhile, gained 6.51 points, or 0.39 percent, to1,670.94.

Insurance Authentic Yanni Gourde Jersey , metal product and bank-linked issues gained the mostin the opening minutes after the morning bell. Enditem

BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Education announced on Friday that it will recruit 70,000 teachers this year for village schools.

Demand for teachers in the least-developed areas will be a priority. Teaching of sports, music, art, foreign languages and information technology will be strengthened.

The ministry urged local authorities to provide proper payment Authentic Ryan Callahan Jersey , subsidies and housing arrangements to help teachers adapt to rural life. Enditem

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. technology company, Nvidia Corporation, continues to block Iranian internet users from accessing parts of its website, Financial Tribune daily reported on Monday.

The software download page of Nvidia does not allow Iranian IP addresses to access updated software. The site now says "403 -- Forbidden."

Nvidia's another website, geforce Authentic Brayden Point Jersey , is also blocked to Iranian web users. That website says "access denied" followed by a message saying "the request was blocked by the security rules."

When the user contact the company's online help service to ask why Iranians have been suddenly banned from using their software, Nvidia responded that "we regret to inform you that Geforce NOW and Geforce Experience is not available in embargoed nations."

Prior to Iran's international nuclear deal in 2015, several software companies in the United States and Europe blocked Iranians from accessing downloads.

However, since then several companies quietly removed restrictions on Iranian Internet users.

Nvidia's measure comes just days after Apple began removing Iranian applications from its iOS application store.

On Thursday, Apple removed Snapp, a ride-hailing app similar to Uber that is popular in Iran Authentic Ondrej Palat Jersey , from its app stores. That was followed by the removal in recent weeks of apps for food delivery, shopping and other services.

In a message to Iranian developers whose apps were affected by the ban, Apple said, "under the U.S. sanctions regulations, the app store cannot host, distribute or do business with apps or developers connected to certain U.S. embargoed countries."

In January Authentic Alex Killorn Jersey , Apple shut down a number of Iran-based iOS apps from the app store, including online e-commerce service Digikala.

"Since Apple takes a cut of all app store purchases, sales from Iranian apps generate revenue and are thus in violation of U.S. law," Apple said.

In response, Iran's minister of telecommunication and information technology said Friday that his country would legally sue the decision by Apple for removing Iranian apps from its app store.

Apple holds 11 percent share of the Iranian cellphone market, however Authentic Chris Kunitz Jersey , it has not observed the Iranian consumer rights, said Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi.

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ASIA¡¯S biggest oil refiner Sinopec said its first-half net profit jumped more than 40.1 percent thanks to a rise in oil prices and stable growth in China¡¯s economy, which fueled demand for its refined products.

Sinopec ¡ª the listed unit of state-owned China Petrochemical Corp ¡ª saw net profit surge to 27.92 billion yuan (US$4.2 billion) in the January-June period Authentic Tyler Johnson Jersey , up from 19.92 billion yuan in the year-earlier period, it said in a statement late to the Hong Kong stock exchange, where it is listed.

A pick-up in global oil prices boosted Sinopec's crude business, while domestic consumption of its key refined oil products rose and demand for major chemical products grew ¡°significantly,¡± it said.

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