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World Service,25 Feb 2014,28 mins

Gold Market Breaches 'Covered Up'

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Dubai’s biggest gold refiner is under fire for allegedly failing to prevent ‘conflict gold’ from entering the global supply chain. A former partner at Ernst & Young, has told the BBC that suspicious rule changes made by Dubai’s mineral regulator led to key findings being covered up. He also claims that Ernst & Young downplayed the severity of the situation. The BBC’s Andrew Verity tells us more. And one of the biggest Bitcoin exchanges closes due to "unusual activity". What does this mean for Bitcoin investors? We also take a look at the health of Australia’s manufacturing sector as the last international car-maker withdraws from the country. And we hear about the man who pretended to send tweets from the elevators of Goldman Sachs.

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