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Alfred Nobel

What would Alfred Nobel say about prize for finance?

AFP Oct 8, 2016

STOCKHOLM: The Nobel prize in economics, to be announced on Monday, has increasingly honoured research in the field of finance -- a subject which, observers note, is far from founder Alfred Nobel's philanthropic ideals. The economics prize…

Alfred Nobel used dynamite fortune to create prizes

AFP Sep 30, 2016

STOCKHOLM: Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel, who made a vast fortune from his invention of dynamite in 1866, ordered the creation of the famous Nobel prizes in his will. His 1895 testament stipulated his fortune was to be placed…

Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature Prize

AFP Oct 8, 2015

STOCKHOLM: Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich on Thursday won the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy said.

Beating parasites wins three scientists Nobel Prize for Medicine

Reuters Oct 5, 2015

STOCKHOLM: Three scientists from Japan, China and Ireland whose discoveries led to the development of potent new drugs against parasitic diseases such as malaria and elephantiasis won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday.

Happy Birthday to the man behind The Nobel Prizes

Hira Oct 21, 2014

Globally acclaimed Nobel Prizes were established by Alfred Nobel. It's his birthday today!

Nobel Prize for medicine goes to discoverers of brain’s internal GPS

Raza Haidery Oct 6, 2014

STOCKHOLM: Anglo-American John O'Keefe and Norwegian couple May-Britt and Edvard Moser won the 2014 Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for discovering the brain's internal positioning system, helping humans find their way and giving clues…

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