The New York City of the 1980s is quite different from the city we know today. Homicides were at near-record highs, the crack epidemic was raging, and NYC had not yet experienced the wave of gentrification that has marked it in modern times.

Janet Delaney grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles, but she always wanted to experience the city life. Though she never officially moved to the Big Apple, she took several trips and ended up taking some beautiful photos there.

Below are some of her photos that depict what New York City was like decades ago.

Jack Sommer contributed reporting to an earlier version of this article.

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Delaney started taking one-week trips to New York in the mid-1980s.

"When I visited New York during these years, 1984 to 1987, I was happily taking photographs because I was in love with the place," she told Business Insider.

During one trip, while she was staying at a friend's loft, she came back at 3 a.m. and realized she had forgotten her key.

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Google's Mountain View headquarters — known as the Googleplex — has long been lauded as the cream of the crop when it comes to tech campuses.

But Google's offices in other cities aren't too shabby, either. 

Google employees worldwide have many well-publicized and fantastic benefits like in-house massage rooms, free gourmet food, and fabulous parties and retreats. The physical space employees work in is definitely a perk of the job, too. 

Whether it's a secret room in the company's Ontario offices or an indoor basketball court in Zurich, Google has created some of the most creative, beautifully designed, and quirky offices in all of tech. 

Check out some of the coolest features in Google offices around the world.

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Google's Zurich, Switzerland, office — which was designed by architecture firm Camenzind Evolution — has egg-shaped pods that serve as meeting rooms.

This tunnel-like meeting room in Zurich looks like a cool and mysterious cavern — although it's clearly not meant for the claustrophobic.

Employees in Zurich can play soccer and basketball right inside the office.

The New York Transit Museum archives have this vintage video produced by the NY Transportation Board in 1949 about the New York City subway system.

At the time, the fare was $0.10 - and the turnstiles had been modified to accommodate a dime. The first subway token wasn't used until 1953.

Video courtesy of the New York Transit Museum

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People are often concerned about how radiation exposure may be affecting their health. It's true that extreme exposure can do terrible things to your body, but most of the radiation we absorb is in trace amounts from unexpected sources. Here's how much radiation you're exposed to in everyday life.

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As summer heats up, it's time to perfect your grilling technique.

We reached out to professional chef David Mawhinney of Haven's Kitchen in New York to talk about the best cuts of steak to grill, as well as how to temper, season, and finish your meats.

Keep this graphic of his best advice handy at your next BBQ.

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Many people spend their workdays indoors under fluorescent lights and in front of computers, then return home to bask in the glow of television screens.

But spending too much time inside isn't good for us. And nature is beneficial — maybe essential — for human health. Psychologists and health researchers are finding more and more science-backed reasons we should spend time outside.

In her recent book, "The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative," journalist Florence Williams writes that she started investigating the health benefits of nature after moving from the mountainous terrain of Boulder, Colorado, to what she describes as "the anti-Arcadia that is the nation's capital" — Washington, DC.

"I felt disoriented, overwhelmed, depressed," she writes. "My mind had trouble focusing. I couldn't finish thoughts. I couldn't make decisions and I wasn't keen to get out of bed."

We don't all need to live in a place as stunning as Boulder — and most of us can't get live anywhere too remote for smartphones or internet access. 

But we do need to spend time in natural environments. That could be beautiful hiking trails or even just a nice park. Here's why it's so important to do so.

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It could improve your short term memory.

Several studies show that nature walks have memory-promoting effects that other walks don't.

In one study, University of Michigan students were given a brief memory test, then divided into two groups. One group took a walk around an arboretum, and the other took a walk down a city street. When the participants returned and did the test again, those who had walked among trees did almost 20% percent better than the first time. The ones who had taken in city sights instead did not consistently improve.

A similar study on depressed individuals found that walks in nature boosted working memory much more than walks in urban environments.

It has a de-stressing effect.

Something about being outdoors changes the physical expression of stress in the body.

One study found that students sent into the forest for two nights had lower levels of cortisol — a hormone often used as a marker for stress — than those who spent that time in the city.

In another study, researchers found a decrease in both heart rate and levels of cortisol in subjects in the forest when compared to those in the city. "Stressful states can be relieved by forest therapy," they concluded. 

Among office workers, even the view of nature out a window is associated with lower stress and higher job satisfaction.

Spending time outside reduces inflammation.

When inflammation goes into overdrive, it's associated in varying degrees with a wide range of ills including autoimmune disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, depression, and cancer. Spending time in nature may be one way to help keep it in check.

In one study, students who spent time in the forest had lower levels of inflammation than those who spent time in the city. In another, elderly patients who had been sent on a weeklong trip into the forest showed reduced signs of inflammation as well as some indications that the woodsy jaunt had a positive effect on their hypertension.

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No guy wants to lose his hair. Period.

Luckily, with modern science, the process isn't quite as permanent as it used to be, according to hair transplant surgeon Dr. William Yates of Dr. Yates Hair Science in Vernon Hills, Illinois.

Surgery is the only thing that can actually reverse hair loss.

"No one gets more hair as you age," Yates told Business Insider. "If your hair is looking better as you are aging, you're doing something other than a fancy shampoo and broccoli."

So when it seems like a man who had a receding hairline suddenly no longer does, that's most likely the result of a hair transplant.

It's no secret, it's routine, and there aren't very many downsides, aside from the monetary cost.

Here's how it works:

It starts with an overview of the scalp, where your doctor will identify which areas need additional hair to thicken.

The hair on the back and the sides of the head is then taken and transplanted to the front. Yates says this hair is more stable, and it's genetically different enough to be resistant to thinning.

"So we kind of rob from Peter to pay Paul," he said.

The technique Yates uses is called folicular unit extraction, which only extracts individual hairs, not long strips, so as to prevent scarring.

"Basically it's almost like farming. It's just re-allocation of resources," he said.

It's not creating any new hair. It's just relocating the same hair you already have in different areas of the scalp. After a procedure, the patient should have permanent hair all over, but the sides and the back are also a little bit thinner by the same amount the front is fuller.

The good news: this transplanted hair won't fall out like the hair before it did. Hair loss is not a scalp problem; it's a hair follicle problem, Yates said. He added that hair transplants are generally very successful, and they work around 90% of the time.

One word of caution: it takes a little while for the hair to grow — around 3-4 months.

"Everyone now wants instant gratification, but it's not one of those deals," Yates said.

Now comes the sticker shock: Yates says his average hair transplant procedure runs around $8,000 to $10,000, but that will depend on how many hairs need to be transplanted. This price point seems to put it more in the realm of billionaires like Elon Musk, who many speculate (and Yates confirmed, according to the pattern of hair growth) likely underwent a hair transplant. Still, Yates claims that many of his patients are of an average income level.

"The majority of my practice is just the regular guy," he told us.

For the guys who think that think they can regrow hair with a vitamin-rich supplement like biotin or a home remedy like onion juice, Yates lays down a healthy dose of skepticism.

"Will they help you? Probably not. Will they hurt you? Probably not, so it's a wash," Yates said. "I don't put too much faith in those things."

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Retirement might seem light years away, but if you get to your golden years with insufficient funds it's guaranteed to be even further.

Saving enough over a 40-year career to maintain your lifestyle in retirement is challenging. But there's a lot to be learned from the people who have managed to hit their savings goals well before that point, even if you haven't been bitten by the early retirement bug yourself.

Grant Sabatier, a 30-something self-made millionaire, and founder of Millennial Money, pointed out on his website that the average American spends 70% of their money on housing, transportation, and food (not including income taxes and Social Security).

Sound familiar?

In some parts of the country (hi, New York and the rest of the Northeast), the percentage spent on housing, transportation and food can be even higher. That might leave you feeling defeated before you even start saving, but for Sabatier and others striving for early retirement, it's an opportunity. Here's Sabatier:

"If you can spend less on [those expenses] (say 25% or so) then you can bank the difference. If you move to a smaller apartment, walk to work, and cook at home, you could realistically increase your savings rate to 25%+ or even higher," he wrote on Millennial Money.

To do this, you might have to get creative. But there are some guidelines you can follow. 

Housing

If you're part of the one-third of Americans who overpay for housing, start by looking for a place that meets the standard measure of affordability: 30% or less of pre-tax income. But to really make progress on your savings goals, you'll want to limit it as much as you possibly can. If you can find a place that allows you to spend 25% or less of your after-tax income on housing, your savings account will thank you.

Even billionaire Warren Buffet keeps his housing costs low. Buffett lives in a modest house that's worth .001% of his total wealth.

Transportation

After housing, transportation is the next biggest household expense, according to the BLS data. It's not surprising, since Americans borrowed more money last year to pay for their cars than college.

Having a reliable car is important, but you don't have to commit to paying $500 a month for the next six years to get one. When shopping for your next car, make sure you can either pay cash up front, or pay off the auto loan in three to four years at most.

Food

As Business Insider's Alex Morrell reported, eating out accounts for 43% of the annual food expenditures for the average family — an obvious area to save some cash.

One area that might be easier to target, depending on your social life, is cutting back on "miscellaneous" grocery expenses such as premade meals and snacks (Hot Pockets and Lean Cuisines, Morrell writes, as well as Doritos). You might also consider skipping extras like condiments and vitamins, since most supplements are a waste of money anyway. 

For Sabatier, who was able to amass over a million dollars in five years, cutting back in these three areas has been more than worth it.

"At the end of the day it comes down to a personal choice, but I was happy moving to a smaller apartment, moving closer to my office, and eating out less, to bank the difference. And I definitely was able to bank the difference — saving at least an additional $13,000 per year by cutting back."

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The HGTV show "Fixer Upper" has transformed the town of Waco, Texas, into a full-fledged tourist destination with its renovation of dilapidated homes and opening of new design stores.

But underneath the surface, trouble could be brewing. Some homeowners say that the show led them to purchase properties in an area they don't feel is safe.

In the early hours of Saturday morning, a suspected drunk driver smashed through the front of a "Fixer Upper" home in North Waco, destroying the outside wall and a downstairs office, Waco Tribune-Herald reported. 

The owners, Ken and Kelly Downs, were sleeping inside at the time and were fortunately not harmed. A large fireplace is thought to have prevented the car from smashing through another wall and into their bedroom. The front porch was also unmarked, but large skids have been made across the front lawn, and the outside wall of the office is now boarded up. 

Inside, bookcases and ceramics were smashed.

The Downses bought their home, known as "Three Little Pigs," for $35,000 and spent around $215,000 renovating it with Chip and Joanna Gaines, hosts of "Fixer Upper."

 The couple says that the car accident is symptomatic of a bigger crime issue.

"We've lived here a year and a half and we feel deceived by the city of Waco and Magnolia Realty," Kelly Downs told the Waco Tribune-Herald. The Downses added that they have reported suspicious activity and made complaints to the city but have generally been ignored.

Magnolia Realty is the real-estate agency owned by the Gaineses, who also run a design store called Magnolia Market in Waco. 

"Fixer Upper" is often credited with boosting local businesses and improving neighborhoods in Waco. At the same time, home prices and taxes have gone up. In June, a one-bedroom home that was bought for $28,000 and renovated on the show was listed for nearly $1 million. 

Kelly Downs described the situation as "'Fixer Upper' gone bad."

"We have been intimidated and harassed," she said. "People have complained about their taxes going up because we moved here. Store owners have complained about taxes."

Magnolia Market did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

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It looks like Miami, but its soul is pure Brooklyn. In 2013, this "bonkers" estate was the most expensive home in Brooklyn, on sale for $30 million.

But just the following year, it got a price chop down to $17 million. Last year, it shed both a neighboring home and another $4.5 million from its price tag, and it listed for $12.5 million.

Now it's back, and this time it has an $18 million price tag and an adjoining guest home included. 

The 10-bedroom Mill Basin property is a gated waterfront compound with a storied past and more than 23,000 square feet of interior space.

The main house was originally built and owned by John Rosatti, a multimillionaire with connections to the Colombo crime family. He then sold the property to Russian heiress Galina Anisimova (known as the mother of the "Russian Paris Hilton") for $3 million in the late 1990s.

Outside, the mansion has a 1,000-square-foot pool, a 40-person pavilion for parties, and 30,000 square feet of outdoor gardens. The main house boasts a downstairs wine cellar, 257 feet of waterfront, a four-car garage, and a two-boat marina. Taken together, this is more akin in style to something you'd see in Miami than in Brooklyn. 

Douglas Elliman has the listing.

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Here's the entrance to the home that was at one time Brooklyn's most expensive property.

The home is perched right on the Mill Basin waterfront and has its own private marina.

Mill Basin is pretty deep in Brooklyn — about an hour's car ride (or longer on public transportation) from midtown Manhattan.

As a young man, Warren Buffett estimated he could save $300,000 over his lifetime by adjusting his haircut schedule. 

Americans looking for ways to contribute to retirement funds can similarly look to their daily purchases — such as their morning cup of coffee — for potential savings, according to a Vanguard Blog for Advisors post by Frank Kinniry.

"By pocketing the $3.50 for coffee each day and investing it instead in a low-cost, diversified Roth IRA, you’d have an estimated $106,000 after 30 years," writes Kinniry. "I don’t think anyone would pay $106,000 for coffee!"

This type of incremental savings plan is also endorsed by David Bach, author of "Smart Couples Finish Rich."

"Becoming rich is nothing more than a matter of committing and sticking to a systematic savings and investment plan," he writes. "You don't need to have money to make money. You just need to make the right decisions — and act on them."

Bach estimates the amount of daily savings needed to reach $1 million by age 65 in the the chart below. While it makes certain assumptions about how those savings will grow through investment — such as a 12% annual return rate — it illustrates the impact even a modest savings plan can have in the long run.

But Americans, particularly millennials, have struggled to meet recommended savings goals. Kinniry notes that while Vanguard recommends saving enough so that retirees can spend 75% their annual income from when they were working, the median account balance among Vanguard retirement plan investors fell by 11% from 2014 to 2015.

But that trend is not irreversible, especially for younger investors.

 "The best way to change that trend is to continue to encourage your clients to look at their spending through a compounding lens and to calculate how much their regular purchases would equate to over time," writes Kinniry. "Time is the biggest advantage young investors have." 

Convinced you need to start making coffee at home? Here's an easy trick to make iced coffee with a french press:

1. Put the normal amount of grinds (about a quarter of a cup) at the bottom of a french press.

2. Pour cold water up to the top

3. Let the coffee grinds sit in the french press in a fridge overnight, unpressed

4. In the morning when you wake up, press the grinds down and pour over iced.

It's like your own cup of iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks, without the risk of being out $106,000 by the time you retire.

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Twice each summer, the sun, Earth, and monuments of human industry create a spectacle of light in New York City called "Manhattanhenge."

On four days — two before the summer solstice and two after — the sunset aligns perfectly with the city's gridded streets. The phenomenon's name is a portmanteau of Stonehenge, which prehistoric people likely built to line up with the sun, and the island of Manhattan.

Unlike Stonehenge, however, Manhattanhenge is a beautiful accident of city planning. If you're in the right place at the right time, you can watch a floating, orange-hued orb of plasma (our sun) slip perfectly between miles-long corridors of skyscrapers.

Think of it like photography's famous "golden hour" on steroids — people flood the streets, and mirror-like panes of glass on the city's tall buildings reflect the colorful sunlight up and down the roads and sidewalks.

The first two dates were in May, and skies were cloudy so they were kind of a bust. The next two are:

• Wednesday, July 12, at 8:20 p.m. EDT
• Thursday, July 13, at 8:21 p.m. EDT

On the first day, onlookers can get a full-disk view of the sun; on the second, the sun will set between the city's streets with half of its disk poking above the horizon.

The weather forecast for these two dates is currently rainy. However, conditions could improve closer to the Manhattanhenge.

If you're in New York City, and the skies aren't overcast, a few viewing sites rise above the rest. The best places to watch are 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, and 57th Streets, partly because they're wider and can accommodate more foot traffic.

The best spots along these streets are toward the eastern side of Manhattan, since that gives the best cityscape effect. (On the west side, however, you're more likely to get an unobstructed view.) And make sure you find a high point — otherwise a distant hill or other object may block the photos you'll inevitably want to take.

The American Museum of Natural History, which publicizes the phenomenon each year, recommends that you arrive in your watching spot at least half an hour before the sun sets on the day of Manhattanhenge.

If you can't make it, don't worry — these dates aren't actually the only ones to watch the sun set between New York City buildings. Designer Andrew Hill created an interactive "NYCHenge" map to show all the days and times of the year that opportune sunsets occur.

Hill's map also reveals that New York City also isn't the only place to see accidental "henge" sunsets: In fact, almost any city on a grid can witness them. (Bostonhenge, anyone?)

Wherever and whenever you watch, be careful walking through those sun-painted roadways — car and bus drivers might be mesmerized, too.

Meghan Bartels contributed to a previous version of this post.

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Less than two weeks after sales of recreational marijuana kicked off in Nevada, stores are running out of pot to sell, according to the state Department of Taxation.

On July 7, Governor Brian Sandoval endorsed the department's call for a "statement of emergency," which would allow more dispensaries to become licensed distributors, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.

Nearly 50 dispensaries in the Las Vegas area have licenses to sell marijuana for recreational use. Those sales got underway on July 1.

But in a legal snafu, those same retailers do not have the authority to restock their inventory.

Alcohol wholesalers have the exclusive rights to move marijuana from growers to retailers in Nevada, as part of a temporary court order that was extended by a Carson City district judge in June. The rule aims to "promote the goal of regulating marijuana similar to alcohol" — and protect liquor stores from losing business as the demand for recreational marijuana rises.

Nevada is the only state with legalized marijuana that has such an arrangement.

As of Friday, the taxation department issued zero distribution licenses to alcohol wholesalers, because of incomplete applications and zoning issues, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.

Dispensaries started selling the marijuana they had in stock to recreational users on July 1. Several establishments told state officials they expect to run out in the coming days.

A "statement of emergency" — which the taxation department said received the governor's endorsement on July 7 — could bring relief. The regulation would allow the department to issue distribution licenses to a larger pool of applicants, including those outside the alcohol business. The Nevada Tax Commission is expected to vote on the regulation on Thursday.

Stephanie Klapstein, a spokesperson for the state Department of Taxation, told the Reno Gazette-Journal that a collapsed marijuana market has far-reaching consequences. A 15% tax on cultivation of marijuana generates revenue for the state, which it spends on public education.

"A halt in this market will lead to a hole in the state's school budget," Klapstein said.

Residents and tourists who are 21 and over can buy up to an ounce of marijuana (or one-eighth of an ounce of edibles or concentrates) — but only while supplies last.

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American Express may not be able to go through with the plans it had for one of the most infamous properties in the Hamptons this summer. 

AmEx had planned to rent the East Hampton house known as "Grey Gardens — which appeared in the famous documentary of the same name — to host events this summer. The house has been beautified since the film, and it's now on the market for both rental and purchase by its current owner, journalist Sally Quin.

But now East Hampton officials are pumping the brakes on that plan. 

"It is a residence and can not be used for commercial purposes," village administrator Rebecca Hansen told the New York Post.

Local officials have sent a cease-and-desist letter to American Express, saying that no commercial events are permitted to happen at the house. Grey Gardens lies in a residential zone and is thus covered by a local code that states that "no commercial uses of land are permitted in any residential district," according to the Post.

The first event, a Jennifer Fisher jewelry sale, has already been moved elsewhere.

Grey Gardens is still on the market for just shy of $18 million.

American Express did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

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Warren Buffett is worth $77 billion but you wouldn't know it from the way he lives.

The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the world's most famous investors still lives in the same house that he bought for $31,500 in 1958. 

And his eating habits are just as low-key. 

The 86-year-old begins each day with a McDonald's breakfast sandwich, and depending on how the markets are doing, he'll opt to be more or less frugal with his choice. On bad days he gets a Sausage McMuffin with egg and cheese for $2.95, and on the good days it's a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit for $3.17. 

Throughout his career, Buffett has also remained loyal to his favorite steakhouse in his hometown of Omaha. 

Business Insider's video team traveled to Gorat's to see what it's like: 

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Gorat's in Omaha, Nebraska, opened in 1944. From the outside, it doesn't look like much.

A neon sign outside proclaims that it services the "finest steaks in the world."

The steakhouse is about a 7-minute drive from Berkshire Hathaway's HQ.

Their very name — supplements — makes them sound like a healthy addition to any diet. But most vitamins and dietary powders are unnecessary. Some can even be dangerous, according to Harvard Medical School professor S. Bryn Austin.

Several supplements have been linked with an increase in certain cancers, for example, while others have been tied to an elevated risk of kidney stones.

On June 29, the Food and Drug Administration ordered supplement maker Hardcore Formulations to recall two of its bodybuilding supplements after they were found to be laced with derivatives of anabolic steroids — drugs that can have serious health consequences including liver injury and increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and infertility.

The most dangerous supplements are the ones that claim to increase performance in three broad categories, S. Bryn Austin said at an event organized by the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Those categories are: muscle building, weight loss, and sexual performance.

These are "the most lawless of all the categories and where the most problems turn up," Austin said.

The listed ingredients in these supplements can include everything from caffeine to herbal extracts derived from plants like wild mint and olive. But the issue is that some ingredients may not be on the label at all, Austin said.

"What we're concerned about is adulteration — where people are deliberately including ingredients that shouldn't be in there," she said.

The Food and Drug Administration keeps a list of all of the tainted products that have crossed its radar. A large chunk of them are weight loss supplements. The illegal ingredients found in these pills and powders include things like the banned controlled substance sibutramine, which the FDA banned from the market nearly a decade ago. Such supplements have also been found to contain the chemical phenolphthalein, which some research has suggested may be linked to cancer.

Other supplements even include prescription drugs with serious side effects. These can interact in potentially deadly ways with other medications.

"We know that these can be very toxic and have drug interactions," Austin said, adding that "weight loss supplements are making up a majority of events where people end up in emergency rooms."

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A Los Angeles judge has ruled that Johnny Depp's outrageous spending, which at one time totaled up to $2 million a month, isn't relevant in the current legal battle he has with his ex-business mangers. 

According to Deadline, L.A. superior court judge Teresa Beaudet found that The Management Group (TMG) — which counter-sued Depp after the actor sued its principals Joel and Robert Mandel for allegedly collecting millions in fees without his consent in January — failed to connect how Depp's spending relates to the money the actor allegedly still owes the company.

“The pages of allegations of Depp’s allegedly outrageous spending clearly have no relevance to the 5% commission allegedly owed TMG from the 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' payout, or to the final work done by TMG on transitioning their files to Depp’s new representatives,” Judge Beaudet wrote.

However, the fraud claim against Depp still stands. TMG alleged that its employees aided in Depp's transition to a new business manager because it was told repeatedly it would be paid for the work.

"TMG alleged that Cross-Defendants never intended to abide by their promises and TMG reasonably relied on the alleged false promises by doing the 386 hours of work during those last two weeks of March," Beaudet wrote. "TMG has sufficiently alleged the elements of an action for promissory fraud with sufficient specificity."

The case will go before a jury on January 24 next year.

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