Money earned in private cash transactions, which is untraceable, and therefore untaxable.Black Knight - A company which makes a hostile takeover bid for another company that does not want to be bought.Blamestorming - Portmanteau term contrived from Brainstorming and Blame, referring to meetings or discussions seeking to allocate responsibility for a failure or disaster. Popularised in the late 1990s by viral emails which listed amusing office terminology.Blatherskite - A person who talks at great length without saying anything useful. Originally a Scottish 16thC expression adopted into American slang from the song Maggie Lauder during the US War of Independence. Blind Test - Research method in which people are asked to try a number of similar products which are not identified by brand name, to decide which product is the best.Blind Trial - A trial, with two groups of people, to test the effect of a new product, especially in medicine. One group is given the real product while the other group is given a placebo or 'sugar pill', which does not contain any medication.Bloatware - In computing, software that needs so much computer memory that it takes a long time to load and therefore does not function properly.Blue Chip - On the stock market, shares of a large company with a good reputation, whose value and dividends are considered to be safe and reliable.Blue-Sky Law - In the US, a law designed to protect the public from buying fraudulent securities.Blue-Sky Thinking - Open-minded, original and creative thinking, not restricted by convention.Bluetooth - Wireless technology which allows data to be transferred over short distances between laptop computers, mobile phones, digital cameras, etc.Blue Law - In the US, a law which regulates and limits activities for religious reasons, such as Sunday working or shopping.Bodhisattva - From Buddhism, a person who seeks enlightenment for the good of, and motivated by a compassion for, other people. In Western thinking we could see this to be similar to Maslow's notion of 'trancendence' in the pursuit of self-actualization, notably helping others to self-actualize. Not an easy concept to explain; in the spectrum of human behaviour it's about as far away that can be imagined from the pursuit of a merchant banker's bonus or the Presidency of Europe, if you'll forgive the cliches. Boilerplate - A section of standard text, especially a contract clause, inserted into legal documents, or instead increasingly referring to a standard section of code inserted into computer programs or other digital applications.Bold-Faced Names - Informal term for celebrities, used mostly in the USA.Bona Fides - Credentials showing someone's true identity. (Latin - with good faith)Bonded Warehouse - A warehouse in which imported goods are stored under bond, until the import taxes are paid on them.Bonus - An extra sum of money given to an employee on top of their salary, often for achieving targets.Bonus Culture - Term used when companies give their executives huge bonuses in addition to their large salaries, even if their performance has been poor, especially leaders of financial institutions.Book Depreciation - A decrease or loss in value of a company's assets,