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Blucora

Tech Moves: WTIA names new chairman; Amazon poaches talent to lead Prime overseas; and more

The Washington Technology Industry Association‘s Board of Directors has a new chairman: John Suk, a Harvard and University of Chicago graduate… Read More

Blucora laying off Seattle-area employees, moving to Texas as part of shift to financial services

Blucora plans to move its headquarters to Texas next year and close its Bellevue, Wash. office. The move is part of… Read More

Blucora sells e-commerce business Monoprice for $40M, as former InfoSpace owner completes transition to financial services

In the final move toward becoming a financial services company, Blucora said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its e-commerce business… Read More

End of an era: Blucora completes $45M sale of InfoSpace search business

Financial services technology company Blucora completed the sale of its InfoSpace search business for $45 million in cash to email marketing… Read More

Blucora sells InfoSpace for $45M, exiting search business in financial-services push

In a move to further push into the financial-services sector, Belleuve-based Blucora announced today it has sold its InfoSpace search business… Read More

Shares of Blucora soar after net income rises, continues push into financial services

Blucora, the Bellevue company formerly known as InfoSpace which is pushing heavily into financial services, posted strong results Thursday as… Read More

The top Seattle tech stocks of 2015: A surging Amazon leads the pack

It was a mixed year on Wall Street. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were relatively flat for… Read More

Blucora slips into the red as it prepares for business overhaul around tax services

Blucora lived up to its lowly expectations on Thursday as it continued to show declining revenue and profits in Q3.… Read More

Blucora buys Texas financial firm for $580M, with potential HQ move, layoffs and CEO exit on horizon

There’s a lot of uncertainty swirling around Blucora — once a Seattle area dot-com superstar known as InfoSpace — as the… Read More

Blucora cuts 10% of workforce at InfoSpace unit

Blucora, the Bellevue operator of tax preparation software, e-commerce sites and search engines, is cutting 10 percent of its staff… Read More

Blucora earnings fall in Q2, but TaxACT continues to bring in revenue

Bellevue-based Blucora, which operates online retailing sites, search engines and the TaxACT tax preparation service, reported its second-quarter earnings today, posting a 16… Read More

TaxACT operator Blucora beats Wall Street estimates, but sees ‘continued pressures’ at InfoSpace

Blucora, the Bellevue operator of the TaxACT online tax preparation service and InfoSpace search engine, today reported first quarter results… Read More

Blucora beats analyst expectations with Q4 revenue of $108M, EPS of $0.05

Blucora posted Q4 revenue of $108 million and an EPS of $0.05 today, beating analyst expectations. Wall Street predicted EPS of $0.01… Read More

The best and worst performing tech stocks of 2014 in the Seattle area

It was a busy year for publicly-traded tech companies in the Seattle region, with plenty of winners and losers. The… Read More

Tech Moves: Cyanogen hires mobile vets; Blucora taps ex-Buy.com exec; Ben Elowitz leaves Wetpaint; and more

—Cyanogen, which is looking to disrupt the mobile operating system market, has named former Amazon and Hulu employee Dave Herman… Read More

Blucora paying $45M to purchase HowStuffWorks, the Internet’s how-to guide with 38 million monthly visitors

Blucora continues to expand through acquisitions. The Bellevue company today announced that it’s buying HowStuffWorks from Discovery Communications, paying $45… Read More

Blucora disputes analyst’s claim that it has a child porn problem

Blucora’s stock fell as much as 18 percent in trading today after an obscure research firm claimed that a large… Read More

Revenues increase 34% at Blucora, losses grow

Bellevue-based Blucora — operator of the TaxAct online tax preparation business and InfoSpace search business — saw its revenues rise… Read More

TaxAct bolsters personal finance tools with Balance Financial buy

Balance Financial, a 9-year-old Bellevue company that specializes in personal finance tools and services, has been acquired by Blucora’s TaxAct… Read More

Blucora to buy Monoprice for $180M, marking big move into electronics accessories

Bellevue-based Blucora is expanding its diverse set of product offerings today with the announcement that it plans to acquire Rancho… Read More

Shares of Blucora spike as profit doubles in first quarter

Blucora, the Bellevue search and tax preparation company formerly known as InfoSpace, today reported a 43 percent first quarter revenue growth from… Read More

Shares of Blucora soar as revenue grows 46 percent

Blucora, the Bellevue search and tax preparation company formerly known as InfoSpace, today reported a 46 percent in revenue for… Read More

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

Super computers. Online travel. And marketing tools for real estate agents. Those were the hot segments in the Seattle tech… Read More

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

Shares of Blucora skyrocketed more than 26 percent on Friday after the Bellevue Internet search and tax software company formerly… Read More

Blucora to move HQ to new Bellevue location

There’s a bit of shuffling going on in downtown Bellevue. High-tech clients are moving around the city, with Blucora (formerly… Read More

InfoSpace changes name to Blucora

One of Seattle’s longest-running Internet brands is being swept into the dust bin of history — and some may say… Read More

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