Nobel Prize

It's best known as the Nobel Prize for Economics, but the official name of the award handed out today for the 44th time is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. A list of past winners.

This year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics goes to Americans Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley for their work in allocation systems known as "market design."

The Nobel Prize committee announces their pick for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The winner? The European Union.

At last some good news for Europe — racked by the worst economic crisis in its history, the European Union has just won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Prize in Economics goes to Americans and a British/Cypriot citizen. Their work is timely: How economic policies affect unemployment….