Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Steve McQueen and Gravity will be the big winners at the Oscars this week if a company which analyses social media continues its run of accurate predictions.

Intrade, the Dublin-headquartered online service that lets people bet with one another on events such as elections and the weather, has ceased trading activity, saying it is investigating possible financial irregularities.

Mr Joe O’Connor (Letters, Nov 8) wonders why Irish citizens must be so interested in US presidential elections and why we cannot instead focus on our own country and its issues.

WE didn’t get off to a good start, me and the man from Hawaii.

Obama’s aggressive performance against Mitt Romney has restored his lead but, with just three weeks to the election, it will go down to the wire, writes Andy Sullivan

Paul Ryan, a hero to conservatives and lightning rod for Democrats, accepted the Republican nomination as Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate today, saying the moment for President Barack Obama's Democrats "came and went".

'This is Spinal Tap' star Harry Shearer is to play disgraced US President Richard Nixon in a new show based on secret White House tapes.

The HSE is being accused of trying to bury a report on lung cancer errors at two hospitals in the northeast by publishing it on the eve of the US presidential elections.

Stephen Fry has criticised “sneering” anti-Americanism among the British, ahead of the US Presidential elections.

Rockers Fall Out Boy have postponed the release of their new album to stop it clashing with the upcoming US presidential elections.

Actor Edward Norton has agreed to stop talking about his upcoming Barack Obama documentary for fear of tainting the upcoming US presidential elections.

Christina Aguilera is doing her part to raise awareness about the forthcoming US presidential elections - she's appeared in a political campaign with her baby son.

Lawyers for five 9/11 suspects accused the US government of rushing their cases at Guantanamo in order to influence the US presidential elections.

The first results in the US presidential elections will be known in the next few hours.

Charlize Theron is considering a career in politics after taking an interest in the US presidential elections.

Australia’s leader defended his verbal attack on US presidential candidate Barak Obama today, after American politicians condemned it as interfering and Australian critics said it could harm the two countries’ ties.

An audio tape claiming to be the voice to be Osama bin Laden tonight endorsed terror leader Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi as his deputy in Iraq and called for a boycott of next month’s elections.

London shares ended the week on a low note after worse-than-expected US economic news left traders downbeat on Wall Street.

THE British Government yesterday rejected accusations that it might reposition British troops to more dangerous areas in Iraq to boost US President George W Bush’s political position in the US presidential election race.

Michael Moorehas vowed to continue offering free noodles and underwear to college students if they vote Democrat in the US Presidential Elections.

Pressure was mounting to revive the Middle East peace process today after Tony Blair said he would regard it as a personal failure if he failed to galvanise international partners into injecting new momentum.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday told Labour’s conference he would not apologise for ousting Saddam Hussein, but acknowledged that evidence that the Iraqi leader has weapons of mass destruction was wrong.

The FTSE 100 Index was today on course for its highest finish in more than two years after strong gains by mining stocks.

The day after their theoretical deadline, trade negotiators on today continued painfully slow moves toward a framework for a new global trade treaty intended to boost the world economy.

Negotiators were today poring over a last-ditch proposal for a deal on cutting tariffs and subsidies in a trade agreement to give a boost to the global economy.

EU transport ministers are considering calling off talks on an open skies deal with Washington until after the US presidential elections in November, officials said today.

Iraq’s constitution was in limbo today after Shi’ite leaders refused to sign it in a last-minute dispute that wrecked a planned ceremony and marred a landmark in US plans to hand over sovereignty.

GEORGE W BUSH and Tony Blair pledged yesterday that they would not be deflected from the task of bring “freedom, security and peace” to Iraq following the Istanbul bomb attacks.

WPP Group, the world’s biggest advertising group, warned of further advertising gloom yesterday, predicting no recovery until next year at the earliest as it posted an 8% slide in underlying revenues.