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Cooked on pure gold bars: Jeweler serves $450,000 steak

January 18th, 2026 - 09:42 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Cooked on pure gold bars: Jeweler serves $450,000 steak

ALBAWABA - A bizarre and unusual video has gone viral on social media, showing a New York City jeweler cooking a steak on three gold bars. The sight astonished viewers and garnered millions of views within hours. In the video, the jeweler explained that gold is one of the fastest conductors of heat, causing it to heat up very quickly. He asserted that cooking a steak on gold takes three ...

Nexus has recently expanded its operations in Bahrain and Kuwait (Courtesy of Jobs4Bahrainis)

November 13th, 2013 - 06:37 GMT

"Business is booming" for GCC's largest independent insurance broker

OPEC provides 35 percent of the world's oil supply and expects total demand to reach approximately 90.78 mbpd next year (Shutterstock)

November 13th, 2013 - 06:17 GMT

OPEC forecasts "growing" oil demand despite recent price dips

Revenues for Emirates Airlines reached $10.8 billion in 1H 2013. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

November 13th, 2013 - 06:00 GMT

Emirates profits hit by rising fuel costs

The Qatari market has also met the quantitative requirements as defined for emerging markets. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

November 13th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

The newest emerging market in the Middle East

The return of Iran to the international community would be beneficial for its neighboring countries including the Persian Gulf Arab states, the top international oil executive has said.

November 13th, 2013 - 04:55 GMT

Total totally ready to resume business with Iran

Egypt and the IMF have had a sometimes tense relationship because of national pride and the international lender's efforts to persuade Cairo to undertake politically sensitive economic reforms such as subsidy cuts.

November 13th, 2013 - 03:55 GMT

IMF to Egypt: I'm available and still interested

The Q7 model is Audi's highest-selling vehicle in the Middle East (Courtesy of Audi)

November 12th, 2013 - 02:28 GMT

Middle East's demand for Audi is driving sales to new records

Sotheby's Middle East headquarters in Riyadh is set to open before the end of the month (Courtesy of Bloomberg)

November 12th, 2013 - 01:50 GMT

Luxury realtor Sotheby's set to come to this GCC city by end of Nov

The proposed Islamic corporate governance center represents one of the first times that Dubai has attempted to standardize Islamic guidelines for corporate behavior beyond bank and insurance institutions (Courtesy of Emirates 247)

November 12th, 2013 - 01:28 GMT

Dubai slated to open first Islamic corporate governance center

Lower oil prices and decreases in global demand further serve as a "deficit threat" for many Arab states since oil export receipts currently account for 80 percent of government revenues throughout the GCC (Shutterstock)

November 12th, 2013 - 01:06 GMT

IMF warns Arab oil states of projected deficits by 2016

The South African-based MTN group has selected Etisalat SmartHub to extend its regional network reach in the Middle East (Courtesy of Ventures Africa)

November 12th, 2013 - 11:37 GMT

Leading African telecom provider partners with Etisalat

Inflation in Iran is at a staggering 39%. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

November 12th, 2013 - 06:00 GMT

IMF and Iran meet to discuss measures to curb inflation