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* Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. and other tobacco companies don’t have to pay for medical checkups for West Virginia smokers, the state Supreme Court said in a ruling upholding a 2001 jury verdict.

* The Los Angeles judge who dismissed a widely watched royalty lawsuit over Winnie the Pooh in March had undisclosed ties to Walt Disney Co. and should disqualify himself and reopen the case, the family that had sued Disney argued in court documents.

* Hewlett-Packard Co. filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission seeking to block the importation of computers made by rival Gateway Inc. The complaint claims that Gateway infringed patents on items such as passwords, power usage and a way to create smaller notebook PCs.

* Federal regulators ordered Fannie Mae to promptly revamp its accounting to more closely reflect losses on some investments, saying the mortgage giant’s accounting had violated standard principles in some instances.