Raleigh Triangle Local and Business News

Lonerider Brewing Co. will begin releasing its beers in cans, ditching the brown bottles it currently sells.

“Cans will start rolling out next week in several markets,” says CEO Sumit Vohra. “We are excited about cans as we see that as the next evolution for us and we unfortunately have limited space at the brewery so we had to decide between cans and bottles.”

Cans are allowed in many places where glass bottles are prohibited. They also protect beer from light and oxygen seeping in and are more…

As the Supreme Court brought its shiny gavel down on streaming television startup Aereo, Raleigh’s own cord-cutting pioneer was watching.

Mohu CEO Mark Buff, whose company develops technology to support cord-cutters – such as indoor antennas and set top boxes that incorporate both over-the-air broadcasts and streaming services such as Netflix – wasn’t happy when the nation’s highest court ruled against Aereo.

“The reason Aereo existed and became so popular was because it filled a real…

As its MBA applicant pool becomes an applicant ocean, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business is employing new software to track a student’s “demonstrated interest.”

One of the top business schools in the nation, Fuqua is implementing software called Talisma that logs when a student emails the admissions staff or attends an admissions event, allowing Duke to decode which students are most interested in its program, reports Businessweek.

Thus, students who bombard admissions offices with emails…