AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The Global Language Monitor in Texas, a self-appointed arbiter of buzz words, suggests using "global economic restructuring" to describe the economic turmoil.

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- "Change" was the English word used most often in the world's media and on the Internet in 2008, and Barack Obama was the top name, U.S. researchers say.

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The first-time rankings of U.S. colleges according to their presence in the media puts Harvard in the top spot over Columbia and the University of Michigan.

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AUSTIN, Texas, June 29 (UPI) -- English is close to adding its 1 millionth word to the language with well over 1 billion speakers worldwide, experts say.

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Military strategy, a Los Angeles socialite and a celluloid family provided fertile ground for the top TV buzzwords, a survey reported.

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A California-based consulting firm says China's rising global influence is extending to the English language.