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AJ BUSINESS LEDGER 0 0 West Side story. Proskauer Rose Goetz Mendelsohn has become the latest of several law firms moving their headquarters to the West Side of Manhattan. The 300-lawyer firm signed a lease for 426,000 square feet of office space one of the biggest leases Bigned in Manhattan this year at 1585 Broadway, between 47th ana 48th Streets, which is being developed by Solomon Equities Inc. It will move to the 42-etaxy building Trom 300 Perk Ave. in 1990.

Paying the prlca. Toshiba Machine whose illegal exports to the Soviet Union said itwHjfcut its American operations in the face of restrictions on its UJS. exports. If President Ronald Reagan signs the trade bill as Toshiba Machine, which makes and sells machinetools, will be barred from exporting to die United States for threeyears. Macintosh plus.

Apple Computer chairman John Sculley said Apples business strategy for 1989 and 1990 will be based on a new generation of input devices the keyboards, mice and scanners that allow users to transmit data or to control the computer. The devices will take the Macintosh computer beyond word processing and desktop publishing applications, he said. Drought action. A federal judge has given nationwide class-action lawsuit status to farmers who allege Chubb Group of Insurance breached contracts by foiling to pay drought insurance claims. An estimated 8J300 formers in 10 states who could have claims costing as much as $380 million would be covered in the suit.

The cases trace to insurance sold through Good Weather International, a Jericho-based Chubb agent. Indictment deadline. The deadline far an indictment of John Mulheren, the New Jersey stockbroker accused of threatening to kill government witness Ivan Boesky, was extended yesterday for an additional three months. But prosecutors agreed to a final deadline of no more than six months for dedd-ing whether to file securities fraud charges and charges based on the Boesky threats against Mulheren. Mulheren, implicated by Boesky in Wall Street wrongdoing, was arrested in February for threatening Boesky.

Hondas at home. Honda Motor Ca plans to ship 6,000 cars to Japan, up from its previous forecast of 4,000 cars. Heavy Japanese de- -i mand for the autos BfiaaHinH warranted the 50- LhbSbhbIUbEm percent increase, 1 Honda said. Honda ships to Japan a special two-door version of the Honda Accord sedan built at its U.S. plant, selling for about $20,000 in Japan.

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Polaroid has requested $5.7 billion in damages in a trial se for January for the patent infringements. Faster than a speeding bullet. Japan is laundiing a prqject to develop portions of an ultrasonic passenger plane that wiU be able to fiy between New York and Tokyo in three to five hours, officials said, and after research is completed, will share technology vanced engines and fliadage materials. On hold. Circle suspended the start of a controversial health-benefits program that would deny coverage to employees with ail-ments related to drugs, alcohol or AIDS.

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