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Blushing

Blushing, or facial blushing, is the involuntary reddening of the face, ears, neck, and upper chest caused by embarrassment, shame, or perceived social scrutiny, and cannot be suppressed.

Blykalla

Blykalla AB, formerly LeadCold, is a Swedish nuclear technology startup founded in 2013 as a KTH spin-off in Stockholm that develops the SEALER lead-cooled small modular reactor for data centers and industry.

Blythe Masters

Blythe Masters is a British-born financial executive who rose from intern to managing director at J.P. Morgan, helped develop credit default swaps, and led blockchain firm Digital Asset Holdings.

BMC pulmonary medicine

BMC Pulmonary Medicine (BMC Pulm Med, ISSN 1471-2466) is a BioMed Central/Springer Nature open access, peer-reviewed journal founded in 2001 in London, covering respiratory disease research, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.1 (Q2).

Bnei Moshe

Bnei Moshe (בני משה, "Sons of Moses") was a secret Jewish association founded in Odessa in 1889 by Ahad Ha'am to revive Hebrew culture and settle the Land of Israel.

BNK Financial Group

BNK Financial Group (BNK금융지주) is a South Korean financial holding company built around Busan Bank and Kyongnam Bank, founded in 2011 as Korea's first regional-bank holding company.

BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is a French universal banking group headquartered in Paris, formed in 2000 by the merger of BNP and Paribas and described as Europe's largest bank.

BNY Investments

BNY Investments is the investment management division of BNY, the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, managing $2.1 trillion as of 2026 through six specialty affiliates, including Insight, Mellon, and Dreyfus.

Bo Aung Kyaw

Bo Aung Kyaw (ဗိုလ်အောင်ကျော်) was a Burmese student leader at Rangoon University who died in December 1938 after British colonial police beat him during a protest in Rangoon.

Bo Biteman

Bo Biteman is an American Republican politician who has served as President of the Wyoming Senate since 2025, after serving in the Wyoming House from 2017 and the State Senate from 2018.

Bo Dietl

Bo Dietl (Richard Dietl) is a retired NYPD detective (1970-1985), decoy officer mugged 500+ times, investigator of the East Harlem nun murder and Palm Sunday Massacre, founder of Beau Dietl & Associates, author of One Tough Cop, and 2017 NYC mayoral candidate.

Bo Feng (冯波)

Bo Feng (冯波) is a Chinese venture capitalist who founded and leads the crypto investment firm Dragonfly Ventures, previously a top China internet investor at Ceyuan Ventures.

Bo Gritz

Bo Gritz (James Gordon Gritz, 1939-2026), decorated US Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel of the Vietnam War, led private 1980s POW rescue missions into Laos, ran for president in 1992, and negotiated at Ruby Ridge.

Bo Gu

Bo Gu (博古) was the pen name of Qin Bangxian, a Chinese Communist Party leader who led a provisional party center and died in a 1946 plane crash.

Bo Hatchett

Bo Hatchett is an American politician and Republican member of the Georgia State Senate representing the 50th district, where he serves as a Governor's Administration Floor Leader.

Bo Hmu Aung

Bo Hmu Aung (ဗိုလ်မှူးအောင်, 1910–2004) was a Burmese military officer and politician, one of the Thirty Comrades trained by Japan and regarded as a founder of the Tatmadaw.

Bo Min Yaung

Bo Min Yaung was a Burmese resistance leader who fought British forces after the 1885 annexation of Upper Burma and was captured and executed in 1887.

Bo Pi

Bo Pi (伯嚭) was a Spring and Autumn period statesman who served as grand steward under King Fuchai of Wu and was later cast as the archetype corrupt minister.

Bo Setkya

Bo Setkya (ဗိုလ်စကြာ), born Thakin Aung Than, was a Burmese soldier and politician, one of the Thirty Comrades and at various times Chief-of-Staff and military attaché to Tokyo.

Bo Shao (邵亦波)

Bo Shao (Chinese name Shao Yibo) is a Chinese venture capitalist and entrepreneur who founded EachNet, sold to eBay in 2003, and is a founding partner of Matrix Partners China.

Bo Teza

Bo Teza (ဘိုတေဇ) was the military nom de guerre of Aung San, the Burmese independence leader who founded the Tatmadaw; adopted with the Thirty Comrades, Teza means "fire".

Bo Watson

Bo Watson is an American politician and Republican member of the Tennessee Senate, representing District 11 since 2007 and chairing the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee since 2017.

Bo Xilai (薄熙来)

Bo Xilai (薄熙来), born 1949, Chinese Politburo member and Chongqing party secretary 2007-2012 whose red-culture 'Chongqing Model' ended with the Wang Lijun incident, a 2013 Jinan trial, and a life sentence for bribery, embezzlement, and abuse of power.

Bo Xilai Affair

The Bo Xilai Affair (薄熙來事件) was the 2012–2013 political crisis in which Politburo member and Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai was expelled from the Party and sentenced to life in prison.

Bo Yibo

Bo Yibo (薄一波), born Bo Shucun, was a Chinese communist politician and economic administrator who served as the PRC's first Minister of Finance and later Vice Premier.

Bo Zeya

Bo Zeya was a Burmese military leader and one of the Thirty Comrades who founded the Burma Independence Army, later leading the Communist Party of Burma.

Bo Zhang

Bo Zhang is a Managing Director at 5Y Capital, a Shanghai venture capital firm founded in 2008 that makes growth investments in technology, life sciences, and consumer companies across Asia.

Bo'orchu

Bo'orchu (Боорчи; Bo'erchu) was a Mongol general and one of Genghis Khan's earliest companions, a member of the "Four Steeds" who commanded the right wing of the Mongol army from 1206 until his death around 1226.

Boan Biology (博安生物)

Boan Biology, formally Shandong Boan Biotechnology and trading as Boan Biotech, is a Chinese biopharmaceutical company founded in 2013 in Yantai, Shandong, that develops therapeutic antibodies and biosimilars.

Board examination

Board examination: centralized school-leaving exams run by boards such as CBSE, set and marked externally rather than by teachers. Covers governance, reliability, validity, fairness, moderation, and the shift toward on-screen assessment.