In a 1952 paper and 1959 book, Portfolio Selection, future Nobel laureate Harry Markowitz expounded MPT for the investment world.

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Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu says Guatemala's moment strengthens the world's powerless.

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Nearly 1, 000 survivors and World War II vets joined with former President Bill Clinton and Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust activist Elie Wiesel to mark the museum's 20th anniversary.

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As well as the International Laureate programme there are now 46 National fellowship programmes running all over the world.

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The Nobel Peace laureate, 89, was speaking about prospects in the Middle East at the World Economic Forum.

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She has squabbled publicly with her most famous compatriot, microcredit pioneer and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, over his control of Grameen Bank, and with the World Bank over a bridge project linked to corruption allegations.

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Hilo, Hawaii (CNN) -- What happens when you mix 11 budding startups with Google executives, Stanford professors, a Nobel Peace Laureate and 600 college students and put them on a ship to circumnavigate the world?

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The Nobel laureate last made a public appearance on a major stage when South Africa hosted the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament.

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