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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 ...

Furthermore, the survey reveals employees are staying in their jobs for a longer period, resulting in a greater percent being eligible for higher EoSB payout.

September 16th, 2013 - 06:17 GMT

More employment, end of service pay on the way for Middle Eastern businesses

During his visit, the mayor said GAM will focus on activating tourism and commercial activity in downtown. Amman.

September 15th, 2013 - 01:35 GMT

Great expectations: Amman mayor promises 'qualitative changes' in 100 days

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman in particular will have dense urban conglomerations, with 45.1 million people expected to reside in GCC cities by 2020 – 85 percent of the total estimated population.

September 15th, 2013 - 01:01 GMT

Talk about a boom: MENA cities to be occupied by 226 million in 2020

The mechanism to settle such disputes is to be made public after Eid Al-Adha holidays.

September 15th, 2013 - 12:19 GMT

Saudi Arabia announces new speedy mechanism to settle labor disputes

Hanafin said that if the UAE was to provide citizenship to expats it would be slightly detrimental.

September 15th, 2013 - 11:57 GMT

Does the UAE need to attract investors with citizenship offers? Apparently not.

Behind this acceleration in population growth lie the jobs created by the large infrastructure investment currently underway (Pictured: Doha city).

September 15th, 2013 - 11:09 GMT

Qatars new wave of expats spurring non-oil growth

“Wall Street continues to focus on increasing its market share and expanding its presence across the UAE, said Sultan bin Kharsham.

September 15th, 2013 - 08:49 GMT

More Wall Street to come to Jumeirah

Lagarde refused to comment on the money that Egypt received from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

September 15th, 2013 - 07:46 GMT

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New York crude had struck $112.24 a barrel at the end of August, which was the highest level for more than two years.

September 15th, 2013 - 06:49 GMT

Oil prices eased by ongoing Syria talks

The Qatar Exchange (QE) has 42 listed companies. Its aggregate market capitalization as of Sept. 10 was $144 billion.

September 12th, 2013 - 12:51 GMT

Qatar's listed companies to double in five years!

"According to sources familiar with this market, sales have increased to the point that “there is a container or two each day, loaded with various kinds of foodstuffs, going from Tripoli to Syria.” These factories are flourishing in a manner they never dreamed of (Photo credit:Getty).

September 12th, 2013 - 11:55 GMT

The silver lining in Lebanon's deteriorating economy? Canned goods demand boosted by Syrian refugees

As the economy has improved and various sectors such as retail, tourism and real estate have shown significant improvements, banks in the UAE, including Mashreq, have experienced 20 per cent growth in the first six months."

September 12th, 2013 - 11:20 GMT

UAE banks' growth figures on phenomenal upswing