Latest from Pluggd.in | Understanding TDS – Tax Deducted At Source & TAN for Businesses in India [Whiteboard Friday] TDS or best known as Tax Deducted at Source is one of the modes of collecting Income-tax from the assessees in India. This is governed under Indian Income Tax Act, 1961, by the Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) and is part of the Department of Revenue managed by Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India. | | SportsChimp Mixes Hot-or-Not with social sports picking The moment you place your bet, the app sends out a 'super opinionated/flaming/humorous' message on your Facebook status (flaming for your friends, if they are supporting the other team) | | An Entrepreneur's Promise to his Mother Sometimes I might not be able to call you for days but that would never mean I don't remember or miss you. It's just that things are getting tough for me and I am not in a position to share with you everything because I am afraid of making you sad. But believe me, you gave birth to a very strong kid to handle them all. | | Yebhi acquires Jewellery Portal, StylishYou [AcquaHire] Ecommerce portal, Yebhi has acquired StylishYou.in, a fashion jewellery e-tail company. Post this acquisition, StylishYou founder Shraddha Danani will head the jewellery category vertical at Yebhi. The cash and equity deal also entails the acquisition of StylishYou's merchandizing team. | | Is "Free" the Holy Grail of Product Pricing (For Early Stage Startups)? In the early days, product pricing is not about finding the business model, but finding if there is an inherent value in what you have built or not. Also, it is not so much about finding 'Do people pay for feature X or feature Y', but it's simply about finding an answer to : 'Do people really need this'. | | What Business entity should I start? [All About Private Limited Company Incorporation] Many large enterprises in India are said to have this internal policy of doing business with only Pvt. Ltd or Public Ltd companies. This means anyone who wants to do business with these large enterprises should be registered as either a Pvt. Ltd or a Public Ltd - An important point for you to consider if you are targeting this segment as your customer base. | | Ybrant to acquire $283 million business from Experian, Including PriceGrabber Ybrant Digital, the leading global digital marketing company announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase PriceGrabber, LowerMyBills, and ClassesUSA.com. From the release: Experian, the global information services company, announced the news simultaneously in London today on an agreement to sell PriceGrabber, its price comparison shopping business which powers Yahoo! and MSN shopping. LowerMyBills.com, the one-stop destination that offers savings through relationships with more than 500 service providers across multiple categories, including home loans, credit cards, auto and health insurance, and long-distance and wireless services. ClassesUSA.com, is the leading online higher-education portal with 2 million visitors and 300 accredited college and university partners. This will add a business of US$283 million and an employee strength of over 300, at an agreed consideration of US$175 million (INR 930 crores). With this significant move, Ybrant will nearly double its current revenues. "By adding these established brands to Ybrant, we will offer interesting new products, and a world class lead generation platform." said Suresh Reddy, Chairman and CEO of Ybrant Digital. - Hyderabad based YBrant earlier raised $48mn funding and earlier acquired Lycos (for $36million) and Max Interactive, Australian Ad Network. | | | More to read:
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