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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 ...

KFC was the first US fast-food restaurant to set up shop in Syria in 2006, with Kuwaiti businessman Nasser Khurafi bringing the chain to the country.

November 7th, 2013 - 02:09 GMT

Not a 'first world problem': KFC, a victim of Syria's War

Drivers have told local media that they do not work for their original sponsors. They had tried to rectify their status during the amnesty period, but some were in dispute with their sponsors and could not get other sponsors to transfer their sponsorships.

November 7th, 2013 - 12:36 GMT

Paying the price already? Labor raids to leave Saudi Arabia thirsty

The political situation in Lebanon and the conflict in neighboring Syria is becoming increasingly detrimental to trading activity within Beirut's stock exchange (Courtesy of the Daily Star)

November 7th, 2013 - 09:11 GMT

'Lackluster' projections for Beirut Stock Exchange in 2014 as political deadlock persists

The Arab food gap is affecting most types of farm products, including cereals, what and rice (Courtesy of the Saudi Embassy)

November 7th, 2013 - 08:52 GMT

GCC food gap reaches $23 billion

Aldar Properties holds assets amounting to $13 billion (Courtesy of Mubasher)

November 7th, 2013 - 08:18 GMT

Formula One rack track developer announces 98 percent profit increase in third quarter

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud is one of 64 billionaires from KSA (Courtesy of Forbes Magazine)

November 7th, 2013 - 07:10 GMT

And the Middle East country with the most billionaires is....

Real estate is one of the key sectors driving Dubai's growth. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

November 7th, 2013 - 05:48 GMT

Key sectors contribute to record UAE GDP growth

Maroc Telecom, in which Vivendi first bought a stake in 2001, offers fixed-line, mobile and internet services in the kingdom, and is also one of Africa’s main telecom operators.

November 7th, 2013 - 04:55 GMT

Etisalat takes over majority stake of Marc Telecom from French conglomerate

KPMG said its new team will be able to provide clients with world-class advice on some of the main issues facing banks in this industry.

November 7th, 2013 - 04:55 GMT

KPMG gets on the lucrative Islamic finance bandwagon

Carried out on a build-operate-transfer, the project entailed the construction of a 325-kilometre pipeline to convey water from the ancient Disi aquifer in southern Jordan to the capital.

November 6th, 2013 - 03:24 GMT

Mashallah! Jordan's Disi Pump at 90% capacity

Zain Bahrain began its $100 million network transformation project in April and is reportedly in the final stages of the upgrade (Courtesy of Arabian Business)

November 6th, 2013 - 09:35 GMT

Zain Bahrain in final stages of $100 million network transformation upgrade

UK Financial Secretary to the Treasury Sajid Javid told reporters at the World Islamic Economic Forum that GIFIG will include members from key Islamic finance centers, such as the central bank governors from Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, the UK and Malaysia (Courtesy of the Telegraph)

November 6th, 2013 - 09:16 GMT

Is the UK the next leader in Islamic finance? British treasury establishes Islamic finance monitoring group