The Olympus affair is likely to set in train a fairly thorough and far-reaching strengthening and tightening of Japanese codes of conduct, laws and regulations, and criminal and civil remedies to deal with false financial reporting, non-disclosure, and due diligence requirements for company auditors, and stricter and more intrusive regulation by government agencies and securities exchanges.

FORBES: Olympus and "Honor"

But that premise could turn out to be false if a Turkish peace deal with the PKK holds.

BBC: PKK Kurdish deal with Turkey may worry Iran and Syria

Ron Dobson, LFB commissioner, said firefighters ought to be available to attend "genuine emergencies" rather than having to deal with "thousands of false alarms".

BBC: London Fire Brigade may recoup ?1.3m from false alarm calls

After some false starts and pratfalls, BP cut a deal that will leave BP owning 20% of state-controlled Rosneft, which will become the world's largest publicly traded oil company.

WSJ: The Weekend Interview with Bob Dudley: Three Years After the Spill, BP Gets Bullish

Getting rid of such false claimants may also be counted among the New Deal's successes.

ECONOMIST: The New Deal

As part of the deal, Flagstar admitted that it had submitted false certifications to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, inducing the Federal Housing Administration to accept loans for government insurance that were not eligible and that resulted in losses to HUD when the loans defaulted.

FORBES: David Matlin's Big Bank Disaster Continues: Flagstar Settles Mortgage Fraud Charges