Shares of Blucora spike as profit doubles in first quarter

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Blucora, the Bellevue search and tax preparation company formerly known as InfoSpace, today reported a 43 percent first quarter revenue growth from the same time last year. Shares jumped nearly 10 percent in after hours trading. Revenue for the quarter was $165.3 million, with net income of $23.6 million, a growth of 107 percent from Q1 2012…. Read More…

Shares of Blucora soar as revenue grows 46 percent

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Blucora, the Bellevue search and tax preparation company formerly known as InfoSpace, today reported a 46 percent in revenue for the fourth quarter. Shares jumped more than 10 percent in after hours trading. It now has a market value of more than $600 million. Revenue for the quarter was $97 million, with net income of… Read More…

The top tech stocks of 2012: Shares of Expedia take off

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Super computers. Online travel. And marketing tools for real estate agents. Those were the hot segments in the Seattle tech sector in 2012 as Cray, Expedia and Market Leader each saw their stock prices more than double. Generally speaking, it was a solid year for tech stocks, with the Nasdaq up 14 percent on the… Read More…

Shares of Blucora soar 26 percent after big gains in Internet search revenue

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Shares of Blucora skyrocketed more than 26 percent on Friday after the Bellevue Internet search and tax software company formerly known as InfoSpace posted strong earnings. The stock was trading at $16.13, a 7-year high according to Investor’s Business Daily. In a press release Thursday after the markets closed, Blucora CEO Bill Ruckelshaus said that… Read More…

Blucora to move HQ to new Bellevue location

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There’s a bit of shuffling going on in downtown Bellevue. High-tech clients are moving around the city, with Blucora (formerly InfoSpace) announcing today that it plans to moves it corporate headquarters to 36,763 square feet of space in the Plaza Center building at 10900 NE 8th Street. That’s a stone’s throw from the company’s current office… Read More…

InfoSpace changes name to Blucora

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One of Seattle’s longest-running Internet brands is being swept into the dust bin of history — and some may say it is about time. InfoSpace, the dot-com survivor founded by Internet entrepreneur Naveen Jain in 1996, today announced that it is changing its name to Blucora Inc. As part of the move, the Bellevue company… Read More…